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THE 

Family Altar: 



Prayers for Pamily Worship. 



COMPILED BY 

The Rev. James A. Bolles, D. D. 

Rector Emeritus of Trinity Church, 

CLEVELAND, OHIO. 

"But as for me and my house, we loill serve the Lord." 

Joshua xxrv., 15. 






MILWAUKEE : 
The Young Churchman Company. 

1886. 



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Copyright by 
THE YOUNG CHURCHMAN CO. 



King, Fowle & Katz, Printers, 
milwaukee. 



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PREFACE, ------- 5 

Introduction, ------ 9 

The Collects, ------ 23 

Additional Collects for Holy Days, - - 45 

Prayers for Every Day in the Week during 

Adyent, Christmas and Epiphany, - 53 

Lent and Holy Week, 73 

Easter, Ascension and Whitsuntide, - 93 

Trinity, ------ 111 

Prayers for Special Occasions. 

Before Holy Eucharist, - - - 131 

Holy Baptism, ----- 132 

Confirmation, ----- 132 

Holy Matrimony, ... - 132 

For the Sick, ------ 133 

Commendatory Prayers for the Dying, 134 

Por the Departed, - - - 134 

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Prayers for Special Occasions — Continued. 

PAGE. 

For One Hardened and Impenitent, - 135 

A Birthday, - - - - - 136 

Before a Journey, - - - - 136 

Grace Before Meals, - - 136 

Grace After Meals, ... - 137 

For Blessing on Social Intercourse, - 137 

For the Bishop of the Diocese, - - 137 

For the Parish Priest, - - - 137 

For the Parish, - 138 

Thanksgivings. 

For Becoyery from Sickness, or Escape form 
Danger, ------ 141 

The Birth of a Child, - 141 

After a Journey, - - - - 142: 



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In 1857 the undersigned printed a book of Family Prayers, 
compiled entirely from the Book of Common Prayer, and 
adapted to the four principal seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year. 
That Book was intended for my Parishioners, was bought up 
and used by them, and was, therefore, never actually published. 
We could not then have the daily worship of the Church, and 
I was anxious, in the best way possible, to have the prayers 
and instructions of the Prayer Book incorporated into the 
daily thoughts and habits of my people. At the same time I 
felt that next to the Church, by divine appointment, is the 
Family, every father of which, in a subordinate sense, is the 
Priest of God in his own household, and hence that its worship 
is much more sacred and divine than that of any of the Con- 
venticles of mere human origin. 

But there was one serious objection to my Book, as deeply 
felt by myself as by anyone, viz.: that many of the prayers 
were consecrated in our affections to the special offices of the 
Church and could not be changed or altered without a shock to 
our feelings of propriety and reverence. 

In the present edition of the Family Altar all this has been 
changed, for though the Book of Common Prayer has been 
freely used, yet the objectionable features are removed and 
their place supplied by the best selections I have been able to 



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make from Bright, from The Treasury, and from such Divines 

as Goulburn, Andrewes, and Taylor. 

The Lord's Prayer and the Collects of the Church are first 

printed for easy reference and daily use. The Introduction on 

The Family and the Home is here retained, as printed 

thirty years ago, not because it could not be much improved, 

but because I am not now well able to revise it, and more than 

all because it identifies the Book with my dear old Parish of 

Trinity Church, Cleveland, Ohio. 

JAMES A. BOLLES. 



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^ Bright flowers of Eden bloom and twine ; 

Our hearths are altars all ; 
The prayers of hungry saints and poor, 
Like arm^d angels at the door, 
Our unseen foes appal." 

— Keble. 



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To the Members of the Parish of Trinity Church, 
Cleveland Ohio : 

O J3ITH heartfelt pleasure, I dedicate to you this little 
volume, intended to assist your devotions at the 
domestic altar ; and I beg leave to accompany 

this dedication with some remarks on the Family and the 

Home. 

A TRUE CHRISTIAN HOME. 

" France needs a Washington" said Lamartine. "France 
needs a people" was the reply of one of her orators. 
" France needs mothers" was the yet more profound remark 
of Madame Campari to Napoleon. May we not add, as the 
great need of our day, and even of Republican America — 
fathers, and mothers, and sacred homes ? Fathers — not merely 
the sires of a progeny, who recognize in marriage only a 
civil contract, and nothing but the legalized union of the 
sexes, but fathers whose hearts respond to the fact that 
holy matrimony is a divine institution, the ordinance of heaven, 
the blessing of Paradise before the fall, an emblem of the love of 
Christ to His Church, and who therefore recognize in the 
depth of its meaning and designs, a sacred and unfathomable 
mystery, making them the representatives, to each one of 

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their children, of the Great and Eternal Father of us all. 
Mothers — not merely those who have no higher, or purer, 
or better affection for their young than that which the 
animal instincts afford, but mothers who understand that 
"the Church is in Christ as Eve was in Adam," to use the 
language of the judicious Hooker, and who, therefore, 
recognize in themselves a type of this relation, to whom 
God has spoken as by the daughter of Pharaoh He spake 
to the mother of Moses — " Take this child and nurse it for 
Me" Homes — not a mere collection of individuals, bound 
together by no other ties than those of mutual interest and 
consanguinity, in which the members are boarders until 
such time as they can provide better for themselves, or as 
long as the law requires ; but homes that are all that the 
Almighty designed our homes to be — God's household, God's 
Church, God's family, and a blessed type on earth of the family 
in heaven — God's Temple, in which the husband and wife are 
" the Priests of God, declaring to one another and to the 
world by their union, the mysterious power and the 
mysterious wisdom of the Almighty, and manifesting 
forth the glorious fact that there is upon earth holiness, 
reverence, worship and affection, altogether independent of 
self." 

THE HOUSEHOLD OR PATRIARCHAL PRIEST. 

In such a home the father rises up to the dignity of 
his position, as the Priest of God in his own house, and he 
shrinks not from the discharge of its sacred duties in offer- 
ing up the daily sacrifice of prayer and praise. In such a 
home the mother cannot be contemplated apart from the 
father, for they are both one in office to the family, and 
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one is made up by the other. The father speaks with au- 
thority, the mother is the softening medium to divest that 
authority of terror, and make it effectual. " The father 
instructs, the mother instils; the father commands the reason, 
the mother moves and influences the instinct ; the father 
may finish, the mother must begin ; the dominion of the 
father is over the head ; the empire of the mother is over 
the heart." 

A RESPONSIVE LITURGY. 

In such a home there must be a responsive Liturgy, 
having its confessions of sin, its petitions for mercy, its 
thanksgivings for blessings received, its acknowledgments 
of providential guidance and love, its recognitions of the 
unity and brotherhood of the Church ; its prayers for the 
penitent, the prodigal and the outcast ; its supplications 
for all sorts and conditions of men. And at the same time, 
the language of this responsive Liturgy must be so plain, 
earnest and familiar, as to be adapted to the capacities of 
all ; and yet so dignified, impressive, elevated and solemn, 
as to command the reverence of the wisest and the affec- 
tions of the best. 

THE ORATORY. 

In such a home it would be a great blessing to have 
an Oratory — a consecrated place of prayer — having its Fam- 
ily Altar, its Family Bible and Record, its Book of Com- 
mon Prayer and Domestic Liturgy, its select Library, its 
Christian emblems and mementos, its recorded texts of 
Holy Scripture meeting the eye, and its evidences of sacred- 
ness and consecration to the purposes of devotion. And 
most extraordinary is it, that our Christian men of wealth, 
when they are designing and building their palaces, so sel- 

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clom think of the Oratory — tfie pZace 0/ prayer. They pro- 
vide in their houses for every convenience and every 
luxury ; they know the importance of having Ci a place 
for everything and everything in its place," and yet they 
too often forget the God Whom they profess to adore ; 
they provide no special place in their houses for His wor- 
ship, to which their best affections may cling, where the 
family altar may be raised, and on which the daily sacri- 
fice of prayer and praise may be offered ; all this they 
leave to accident and chance, and thinking that God may 
be worshipped anywhere and in any place, they adopt a 
course the result of which is, that He is scarcely wor- 
shipped at all in the family and in the closet. Let no 
one misunderstand these remarks. Such an Oratory as m 
here contemplated is not an absolute necessity, so that the 
not having one is any excuse for the omission of prayer. 
For God can be as truly worshipped in the hovel as in the 
palace, in the crowded street or upon the open field as in 
the most magnificent cathedral. But we are local beings, 
and are much influenced by local circumstances and asso- 
ciations. Hence the importance of having some conse- 
crated place of prayer, not only for the public worship of 
the Church, but for the private worship of the family, and 
to which any member of the family may at any time resort 
for sacred devotion. Our Saviour evidently had some such 
place in His mind when He said, u When thou prayest, 
enter into thy closet ;" for the word here translated "closet" 
does not mean, as is generally supposed, a mere private 
apartment, but it means that very place for private and 
secret prayer which every Jew had in his house. And 
then we have the example of our blessed Lord Himself, 
who had not only His consecrated words, but His conse- 
crated place of prayer. 

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FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 

In such a home there must be its festivals and fasts, its 
days of rejoicing and its days of sorrow ; its birthdays of 
nature, its birthdays of grace, and its birthdays of glory, 
and also its catalogue of departed Saints whose affection- 
ate words and names will ever be cherished in the mem- 
ory ; and perchance its catalogue of martyrs, too, in those 
who have suffered and died in defense of the household ; 
and possibly its heretics and schismatics in those who 
have presumed. to divide and to rend asunder ; and its re- 
turning prodigals in those who have found out at last that 
"there is no place like home," and who have been re- 
ceived and welcomed back with kisses, and open arms, and 
tears of joy. 

ITS INDESTRUCTIBILITY. 

Such a home can never die. It is as indestructible as 
the heavens ; and though its members one after another 
may disappear from the eye of flesh, yet they all live, and 
must be eventually garnered up in the everlasting home 
of the skies. Can it be otherwise? Is not such a home a 
type of heaven ? Have not the members a bond of union 
stronger than death? And having been one in spirit and 
in communion with God in the Church militant on earth, 
must they not forever be one in spirit and communion 
with God, in the Church triumphant in heaven? We 
wonder not that Mr. Evans, in his Rectory of Valehead, 
where the true Christian home is more particularly and 
beautifully described, should exclaim, " Merciful God ! 
what a sanctuary hast Thou provided, what a city of refuge 
hast Thou ordained in the Christian home ! " 

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ITS BLESSING, AND HOW TO BE OBTAINED. 

Who can doubt that the possession of such a home is 
the greatest of all blessings? I am sure there is no father, 
having the thoughts and feelings and affections of a father, 
who must not desire it for himself and his children. 
There is no mother, having a mother's undying love, who 
must not long for such a home, that she, and all that she 
holds dear, may be sheltered in it, and feel themselves 
secure in Christ. There is no son or daughter, or living 
man or woman, in whose heart the sentiments of the father 
and the mother do not find a joyous response, and who 
have not all their lives long been yearning and panting for 
some such ante-type of heaven and fountain of bliss. 
But what shall be done? How can the members of every 
family in our parish obtain the blessings of such a home? 
Now, I apprehend the first thing to be done, is to open 
our eyes to the strange and painful condition of society 
in this respect, and to confess our own sinfulness and guilt 
as u particeps criminis." 

THE SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC EVILS OF SECTISM. 

We all acknowledge that husband and wife, parent and 
child, brother and sister, are the dearest, the tenderest, the 
most sacred, and the most important of all the relations 
of life. We know that all other human ties may be weak- 
ened or trifled with, or even severed, without any material 
injury to the welfare and happiness of man ; but that these 
cannot be rudely touched, nor much less broken, without 
the most disastrous results, and results as lasting as the 
soul. But what are we doing? We are encouraging and 
countenancing an utter and entire alienation in that only 

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element which can heal, and soften, and subdue, and knit, 
and bind our families together. We think it no sin for the 
husband to be of one faith, and the wife another ; the parent 
to be of one faith and the child another ; and the different 
members of the same family, instead of thinking and act- 
ing as the members of one body, to be thinking and acting 
as members of various bodies ; as though Christ was di- 
vided, and the Church an apple of discord, instead of a 
bond of union. Such is the actual state of society, fos- 
tered, encouraged, and even justified by professing Chris- 
tians. Such is an illustration of the horrible evils of Sec- 
tarism, as exhibited around us, rending first the Church, and 
then the family, and thus sorely felt in cdl the departments and 
relations of life. Can this be right? Plainly not ; for under 
the Old Testament Dispensation, religion was hereditary 
and trans missive — the covenant of God included in its prom- 
ises both parents and children, the family ties were bound 
together by the bonds of this religious covenant, and from 
that time to the present the Jews remain an eternal mon- 
ument of that strengthening and cementing influence 
which their religious unity exerted upon all the domestic 
relations of life. And so under the dispensation of the 
Gospel ; I see not how it can be doubted that the Church 
of God, as one body, and yet Catholic, was intended to act 
as a bond of union between families, and between the dif- 
ferent members of the same family, uniting them more 
closely together, making them more affectionate, more sym- 
pathetic, and more happy in each other, and thus destroy- 
ing those feuds and animosities which different religious 
sects and parties are calculated to produce. No matter 
what might be their various dispositions and tempera- 
ments, and mental habits, yet in this " grand concern," the 
most momentous and the most lasting, the Almighty man- 

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ifestly intended that they should have one common bond oj 
union, sympathy, and love, never to be broken — " one lord, one 
faith, one baptism/' Such was undoubtedly the design, 
and such must eventually be the result, when all the vari- 
ous inventions and experiments of human reason shall be 
fully tried, and man shall come back from his wanderings, 
and God shall "turn the hearts of parents to their children, 
and of children to their parents." Let us not be unwilling, 
then, to open our eyes to the actual condition of society, 
as existing around us and among ourselves, nor to confess 
our own sins as partakers of the guilt. Let us remember, 
it is not in sectarism, not in rending asunder, but in the 
Church of God, rightly understood, that the blessings of a 
true Christian home can alone be secured. 

THE CHURCH AND THE HOME. 

Yes, it is only in the Church of God, and as members 
of the body of Christ, that parents and children can be the 
recipients of one and the same Baptism; that they can be 
worshippers of one and the same Lord; that they can be 
confessors of one and the same faith — the same which was 
from the beginning, is now and ever shall be ; that they 
can have their minds and hearts imbued with the same 
devotional thoughts, feelings, sentiments and affections ; 
that they can have their souls changed into the same 
divine image, from glory to glory ; and so a bond of union 
be established, which no earthly disasters can possibly 
destroy, and which shall carry the line of religious identity 
from generation to generation. But you observe that 
there must be parental fidelity, as well as filial obedience, 
and the one cannot be expected without the other. For, 
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broken by the child; and if the father despises the Church 
and her ordinances as a bond of union, then will they 
also be despised by the child, and thus the breaking of 
God's covenant will be sure to be followed, sooner or 
later, by the breaking of the covenant of man ; and they 
who are not one with God in His household, cannot long expect 
to be one with each other in the household of man. 

THE RESOLUTION OF JOSHUA. 

Finally, to have a true Christian home, every father 
of a family must come to the resolution of Joshua ; not 
as a mere resolution to be made to-day and broken to- 
morrow, but as an abiding principle of action, — " as for 
me and my house, we will serve the Lord" 

You will observe that Joshua does not meanly and 
cruelly divorce himself from his family and dependents ; 
but like a man and a father who is a father, knowing and 
understanding his position, and feeling its responsibilities, 
he goes before, sets an example, takes the lead, and nobly, 
bravely and magnanimously says: "As for me and my 
house." But you observe that he speaks not only for 
himself, but for every member of his household, as one 
with them in an indissoluble union, and as feeling that in the 
worship of the only living and true God, there must be 
no division, no separation, no divorce. But how is this ? Has 
the father a right thus to speak, not only for himself, but 
also for his children? Manifestly, he has not only the 
right, but it is his bounden duty thus to speak, as realizing 
the solemn truth that they are one with himself, — one tree 
expanded into several branches, — one body, of which he is 
the head and they are the members, and, therefore, as in 
human law he is responsible for them, much more must 

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he be responsible in that law which is divine. Their 
destiny is in his hands. Awful power ! Tremendous 
responsibility ! No wonder that some parents deny it 
and strive to banish it from their minds. But the effort 
is suicidal ; God will hold them to it ; and as well might 
they attempt to sunder themselves from their own con- 
sciousness of thought and action. 

THE MEANING OF THIS NOBLE KESOLUTION. 

But what does this resolution mean? — ''As for me 
and my house, we will serve the Lord? " All its meaning 
would require volumes to unfold. Does it mean that he 
intended to use brute force to compel them to serve the 
Lord? Surely not; for that would fail, and drive them 
farther from him. Does it mean that he intended to be 
cruel, and morose, and supercilious, and fault-finding, and 
censorious ? Surely not ; for such conduct on the part of 
Christian parents has brought even the Christian house- 
hold into contempt. Does it mean that he intended to 
abandon them to choose for themselves whether they 
would serve God or no? Impossible; for as well might 
he abandon them to choose their own father among men, 
as to choose their own God among gods. But in this 
resolution, the father speaks as a father, as a friend, as a 
guide, as an instructor, as an exemplar — as the Priest in 
his own house ; as knowing that this family are one with 
him, that he has already their sympathies, affections, and 
hearts, and therefore that what he does they will do,. 
cheerfully and gladly ; and then he has faith in God, Who 
has promised to bless the faithful use of all the means- 
of grace. What does the husbandman mean, when he 
says that his shall be a field of wheat ? He means to say 

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that he will sow wheat, and, though he depends upon the 
dew and the rain, and the sunshine of God's blessing, yet 
he knows that the seed sown decides the character of the 
harvest, and so the father knows the character of the har- 
vest which he himself has sown in the minds and hearts 
of his offspring. 

THE OBJECT OF THIS BOOK. 

Now, dear brethren, it is to help those of you who are 
Christian parents, in one of your most important duties as 
the Priests of God in your own house, that this little vol- 
ume of Family Prayers has been compiled. There are 
many other similar works, but none, within my knowledge,, 
which is derived so entirely from the Book of Common 
Prayer and from the Ancient Collects of the Church. My 
heart's desire and prayer to God is that it may help you 
to realize the blessings of a true Christian Home. 



J. A. R 



Cleveland, Ohio. 
Trinity Season. 1856. 



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The First Sunday in Advent. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, give us grace that we may cast 
away the works of darkness, and put upon us the 
armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in 
which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great hu- 
mility ; that in the last day, when He shall come again in 
His glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we 
may rise to the life immortal, through Him who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and 
ever. Amen. 

The Second Sunday in Advent. 

BLESSED Lord, Who hast caused all holy Scriptures 
to be written for our learning ; Grant that we may in 
such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly 
digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy 
Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed 
hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

The Third Sunday in Advent. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, Who at Thy first coming didst 
send Thy messenger to prepare Thy way before 
Thee ; Grant that the ministers and stewards of Thy mys- 

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teries may likewise so prepare and make ready Thy way 
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of 
the just, that at Thy second coming to judge the world we 
may be found an acceptable people in Thy sight, who 
livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

The Fourth Sunday in Advent, 

OLORD, raise up, we pray Thee, Thy power, and 
come among us, and with great might succour us ; 
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore 
let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, 
Thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and de- 
liver us ; through the satisfaction of Thy Son our Lord, 
to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 

The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly 
called Christmas-day, and the Sunday after. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who hast given us Thy only-begot- 
ten Son to take our nature upon Him, and as at this 
time to be born of a pure virgin ; grant that we, being re- 
generate, and made Thy children by adoption and grace, 
may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit ; through the 
same our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

The Circumcision of Christ. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who madest Thy blessed Son to be 
circumcised, and obedient to the law for man ; Grant 
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all our members, being mortified from all worldly and 
carnal lusts, we may in all things obey Thy blessed will, 
through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. 

OGOD, Who by the leading of a star didst manifest 
Thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles ; Mercifully 
grant that we, who know Thee now by faith, may after this 
life have the fruition of Thy glorious Godhead ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The First Sunday after the Epiphany. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee mercifully to receive the 
prayers of Thy people who call upon Thee ; and 
grant that they may both perceive and know what things 
they ought to do, and also may have grace and power 
faithfully to fulfill the same ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who dost govern all 
things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the 
supplications of Thy people, and grant us Thy peace all 
the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon 
our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessi- 
ties stretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. 

OGOD, Who knowest us to be set in the midst of so 
many and great dangers, that by reason of the 
frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright ; 
Grant to us such strength and protection as may sup- 
port us in all dangers, and carry us through all tempta- 
tions ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee to keep Thy Church and 
household continually in Thy true religion ; that 
they who do lean only upon the hope of Thy heavenly 
grace, may evermore be defended by Thy mighty power ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. 

OGOD, Whose blessed Son was manifested that He 
might destroy the works of the devil, and make 
us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life ; Grant us, we 
beseech Thee, that having this hope, we may purify our- 
selves, even as He is pure ; that, when He shall appear 
again with power and great glory, we may be made like 
unto Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom ; where, 
with Thee, Father, and Thee, Holy Ghost, He liveth 
and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

The Sunday called Septuagesima, or the Third Sunday 
before Lent. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee favourably to hear the 
prayers of Thy people ; that we, who are justly 
punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered 

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by Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy Name ; through 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, Who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

The Sunday called Sexagesima, or the Second Sunday 
before Lent. 

OLORD God, Who seest that we put not our trust in 
anything that we do ; Mercifully grant that by Thy 
power we may be defended against all adversity; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Ttie Sunday called Quinquagesima, or the next Sunday 
before Lent. 

OLORD, Who has taught us that all our doings with- 
out charity are nothing worth ; Send Thy Holy 
Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of 
charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues, without 
which whosoever liveth is counted dead before Thee. 
Grant this for Thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen 

The First Day of Lent, commonly called Ash- Wednesday. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hatest noth- 
ing that Thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of 
all those who are penitent ; Create and make in us new 
and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins, 
and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of Thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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The First Sunday in Lent. 

OLORD, Who for our sake didst fast forty days and 
forty nights ; Give us grace to use such abstinence, 
that, our flesh being subdued to the spirit, we may ever 
obey Thy godly motions in righteousness and true holi- 
ness, to Thy honour and glory, Who livest and reignest 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

The Second Sunday in Lent. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who seest that we have no power of 
ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly 
in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may 
be defended from all adversities which may happen to 
the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault 
and hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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The Third Sunday in Lent. 

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, look upon the 
hearty desires of Thy humble servants, and 
stretch forth the right hand of Thy Majesty, to be our 
defence against all our enemies ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Fourth Sunday in Lent. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, 
who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be 
punished, by the comfort of Thy grace may mercifully 
be relieved ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
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The Fifth Sunday in Lent. 

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look 
upon Thy people; that by Thy great goodness 
they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in 
body and soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Sunday next before Easter. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of Thy tender 
love towards mankind, hast sent Thy Son, our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our flesh, and to 
suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow 
the example of His great humility ; Mercifully grant, that 
we may both follow the example of His patience, and also 
be made partakers of His resurrection ; through the same 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Good-Friday. 

ALMIGHTY God, we beseech Thee graciously to behold 
this Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was 
contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of 
wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, Who now 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by Whose Spirit the 
whole body of the Church is governed and sancti- 
fied ; Receive our supplications and prayers, which we 
offer before Thee for all estates of men in Thy holy Church, 
that every member of the same, in his vocation and 
ministry, may truly and godly serve Thee ; through our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

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O MERCIFUL God, Who hast made all men, and 
hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor desirest 
the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be con- 
verted and live ; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, In- 
fidels, and Heretics ; and take from them all ignorance, 
hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word ; and so 
fetch them home, blessed Lord, to Thy flock, that they 
may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, 
and be made one fold under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ 
our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 

Easter-Even. 

GRANT, Lord, that as we are baptized into the death 
of Thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by 
continual mortifying our corrupt affections, we may be 
buried with Him ; and that through the grave, and gate 
of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection ; for His 
merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, 
Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Easter-Day, and Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who through Thine only-begotten 
Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened 
unto us the gate of everlasting life ; We humbly beseech 
Thee, that, as by Thy special grace preventing us, Thou 
dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy con- 
tinual help we may bring the same to good effect ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

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The First Sunday after Easter. 

ALMIGHTY Father, Who hast given Thine only Son 
to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justifica- 
tion ; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and 
wickedness, that we may always serve Thee in pureness of 
living and truth ; through the merits of the same Thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Second Sunday after Easter. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who hast given Thine only Son to 
be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an en- 
sample of godly life ; Give us grace that we may always 
most thankfully receive that His inestimable benefit, and 
also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed foot- 
steps of His most holy life ; through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Third Sunday after Easter. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who showest to them that are in 
error the light of Thy truth, to the intent that they 
may return into the way of righteousness ; Grant unto 
all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's 
Religion, that they may avoid those things that are con- 
trary to their profession, and follow all such things as are 
agreeable to the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

The Fourth Sunday after Easter. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who alone canst order the un- 
ruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto 
Thy people, that they may love the thing which Thou 

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commandest, and desire that which Thou dost promise ; 
that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the 
world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true 
joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Fifth Sunday after Easter. 

OLORD, from Whom all good things do come ; Grant 
to us Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy inspira- 
tion we may think those things that are good, and by Thy 
merciful guiding may perform the same ; through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

The Ascension Day. 

C^ RANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that like as 
J we do believe Thy only-begotten Son our Lord 
Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens ; so we 
may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him 
continually dwell, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 

Sunday after Ascension Day. 

OGOD, the King of Glory, Who hast exalted Thine 
only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto Thy 
kingdom in heaven ; We beseech Thee leave us not com- 
fortless ; but send to us Thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, 
and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour 
Christ is gone before, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 

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Whitsun-day and Monday and Tuesday in Whitsu it-Week. 

OGOD, Who as at this time didst teach the hearts of 
Thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of 
Thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same spirit to have a 
right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in His 
holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our 
Saviour, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity 
of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 

Trinity Sunday. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast given 
unto us Thy servants grace, by the confession of a 
true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, 
and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the 
Unity ; We beseech Thee that thou wouldest keep us 
steadfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all 
adversities, Who livest and reignest one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

The First Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, the strength of all those who put their trust in 
Thee ; Mercifully accept our prayers ; and because, 
through the weakness of our mortal nature, w T e can do no 
good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, 
that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, 
both in will and deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Second Sunday after Trinity. 

OLORD, Who never failest to help and govern those 
Whom Thou dost bring up in Thy steadfast fear and 
love ; Keep us, we beseech Thee, under the protection of 

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Thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual 
fear and love of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Third Sunday after Trinity. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee mercifully to hear us; and 
grant that we, to whom Thou hast given an hearty 
desire to pray, may, by Thy mighty aid, be defended and 
comforted in all dangers and adversities ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, the protector of all that trust in Thee, without 
whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase 
and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that, Thou being our 
ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, 
that we finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, 
heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. 

GRANT, Lord, we beseech Thee, that the course of 
this world may be so peaceably ordered by Thy 
governance, that Thy Church may joyfully serve Thee in 
all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, Who hast prepared for those who love Thee 
such good things as pass man's understanding ; Pour 
into our hearts such love toward Thee, that we, loving 
thee above all things, may obtain Thy promises, which 

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exceed all that we can desire ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 

LORD of all power and might, Who art the author and 
giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the 
love of Thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish 
us with all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep us in 
the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, Whose never-failing providence ordereth all 
things both in heaven and earth ; W r e humbly be- 
seech Thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to 
give us those things which are profitable for us ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. 

C A RANT to us, Lord, we beseech Thee, the spirit to 
T think and do always such things as are right ; that 
we, who cannot do anything that is good without Thee, 
may by Thee be enabled to live according to Thy will ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. 

LET Thy merciful ears, Lord, be open to the prayers 
of Thy humble servants ; and that they may obtain 
their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall 
please Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. 

O GOD, Who declarest Thy almighty power chiefly in 
showing mercy and pity ; Mercifully grant unto us 
such a measure of Thy grace that we, running the w r ay of 
Thy commandments, may obtain Thy gracious promises, 
and be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasure ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who art always 
more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to 
give more than either we desire or deserve ; Pour down 
upon us the abundance of Thy mercy ; forgiving us those 
things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those 
good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through 
the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ Thy Soil our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of Whose only gift it 
cometh that Thy faithful people do unto Thee true 
and laudable service ; Grant, we beseech Thee, that we 
may so faithfully serve Thee in this life, that we fail not 
finally to attain Thy heavenly promises ; through the 
merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the in- 
crease of fkith, hope, and charity ; and, that we may 
obtain that which Thou dost promise, make us to love 
that which Thou dost command ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

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The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

KEEP, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy Church with Thy 
perpetual mercy ; and because the frailty of man 
without Thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by Thy help 
from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable 
to our salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.. 

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee, let Thy continual pity 
cleanse and defend Thy Church; and, because it 
cannot continue in safety without Thy succour, preserve it 
evermore by Thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. 

LORD, we pray Thee, that Thy grace may always pre- 
vent and follow us ; and make us continually to 
be given to all good works ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

LORD, we beseech Thee, grant Thy people grace to 
withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and 
the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow Thee, 
the only God ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, forasmuch as without Thee we are not able to 
please Thee ; Mercifully grant that Thy Holy Spirit 
may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through 
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The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of Thy bounti- 
ful goodness keep us, we beseech Thee, from all 
things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body 
and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things which 
Thou commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, merciful Lord, to Thy faith- 
ful people, pardon and peace, that they may be 
cleansed from all their sins, and serve Thee with a quiet 
mind ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity. 

LORD, we beseech Thee to keep Thy household the 
Church in continual godliness ; that, through Thy 
protection it may be free from all adversities, and devout- 
ly given to serve Thee in good works, to the glory of Thy 
name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity. 

OGOD, our refuge and strength, Who art the author 
of all godliness ; Be ready, we beseech Thee, to hear 
the devout prayers of Thy Church ; and grant that those 
things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee, absolve Thy people from 
their offences; that through Thy bountiful goodness 
we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, 

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which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, 
heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord 
and Saviour. Amen. 

The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. 

STIR up, we beseech Thee, Lord, the wills of Thy 
faithful people ; that they, plenteously bringing forth 
the fruit of good works, may by Thee be plenteously re- 
warded ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Andrew's Day. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who didst give such grace unto Thy 
holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed 
the calling of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed Him 
without delay ; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by 
Thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obedi- 
ently to fulfil Thy holy commandments ; through the 
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Thomas the Apostle. 

ALMIGHTY and ever living God, Who, for the greater 
confirmation of the faith, didst suffer Thy holy 
Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in Thy Son's resurrection ; 
Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in 
Thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in Thy sight may 
never be reproved. Hear us, Lord, through the same 
Jesus Christ, to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen. 

Saint Stephen's Day. 

GRANT, Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon 
earth for the testimony of Thy truth, we may stead- 
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that shall be revealed ; and, being filled with the Holy 
Ghost, ma} 7 learn to love and bless our persecutors by the 
example of Thy first martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed 
for his murderers to Thee, blessed Jesus, Who standest 
at the right hand of God to succour all those who suffer 
for Thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

Saint John the Evangelist's Bay. 

MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech Thee to cast thy bright 
beams of light upon Thy Church, that it being in- 
structed by the doctrine of Thy blessed Apostle and 
Evangelist St. John, may so walk in the light of Thy 
truth, that it may at length attain to everlasting life ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Innocents' Day. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who out of the mouths of babes 
and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest 
infants to glorify Thee by their deaths ; Mortify and kill 
all vices in us, and so strengthen us by Thy grace, that 
by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith 
even unto death, we may glorify Thy holy Name; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Conversion of Saint Paul. 

OGOD, Who, through the preaching of the blessed 
Apostle Saint Paul, has caused the light of the 
Gospel to shine throughout the world ; Grant, we beseech 
Thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remem- 
brance, may show forth our thankfulness unto Thee for 
the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called 
tTie Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. 

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech 
Thy Majesty, that as Thy only-begotten Son was this 
day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so 
we may be presented unto Thee with pure and clean 
hearts, by the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Saint Matthias' Day. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who into the place of the traitor 
Judas, didst choose Thy faithful servant Matthias, 
to be of the number of the twelve Apostles ; Grant that 
Thy Church, being always preserved from false Apostles, 
may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors;' 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord, pour Thy grace into our 
hearts ; that as we have known the Incarnation 
of Thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so 
by His cross and passion we may be brought unto the 
glory of His resurrection ; through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Mark's Bay. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who hast instructed Thy holy 
Church with the heavenly doctrine of Thy Evan- 
gelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that, being not like child- 
ren carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we 
may be established in the truth of Thy holy Gospel ; 
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Saint Philip and Saint James' Day. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Whom truly to know is ever- 
lasting life ; Grant us perfectly to know Thy Son 
Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life ; that 
following the steps of Thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and 
Saint James, we may steadfastly walk in the way that 
leadeth to eternal life ; through the same Thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Barnabas the Apostle. 

OLORD God Almighty, Who didst endue Thy holy 
Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy 
Ghost ; Leave us not, we beseech Thee, destitute of Thy 
manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to Thy 
honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint John Baptist's Day. 

ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence Thy servant 
John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to pre- 
pare the way of Thy Son our Saviour, by preaching repent- 
ance; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that 
we may truly repent according to his preaching ; and after 
his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke 
vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen- 

Saint Peter's Day. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who by Thy Son Jesus Christ 
didst give to Thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent 
gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed Thy flock ; 
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to preach Thy holy Word, and the people obediently to 
follow the same, that they may receive the crown of ever- 
lasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint James the Apostle. 

GRANT, merciful God. that as Thine holy Apostle 
Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, 
without delay was obedient unto the calling of Thy Son 
Jesus Christ, and followed Him ; so we, forsaking all 
worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to 
follow Thy holy commandments ; through Jesus Christ 
Our Lord. Amen. 

The Transfiguration of Christ. 

OGOD, Who on the mount diclst reveal to chosen wit- 
nesses Thine only-begotten Son wonderfully trans- 
figured, in raiment white and glistering ; Mercifully grant 
that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this 
world, may be permitted to behold the King in His beauty, 
Who with Thee, Father, and Thee, Holy Ghost, liveth 
and reigneth one God, world without end. Amen. 

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who didst give 
to Thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe 
and to preach Thy Word ; Grant, we beseech Thee, unto 
Thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and 
both to preach and receive the same ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, Amen. 

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Saint MattJiew the Apostle. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who by Thy blessed Son didst 
call Matthew from the receipt of custom, to be an 
Apostle and Evangelist ; Grant us grace to forsake all 
covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to fol- 
low the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, Who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

St. Michael and all Angels. 

O EVERLASTING God, Who hast ordained and con- 
stituted the services of Angels and men in a won- 
derful order ; Mercifully grant, that as Thy holy Angels 
always do Thee service in heaven, so, by Thy appointment, 
they may succour and defend us on earth ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Luke the Evangelist. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who calledst Luke the Physician, 
whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist 
and Physician of the soul ; May it please Thee, that, by 
the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by 
him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed ; through 
the merits of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who hast built Thy Church upon 
the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus 
Christ Himself being the head corner-stone ; Grant us so 
to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, 
that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto 
Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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All Saints' Dan. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who hast knit together Thine 
elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mys- 
tical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord ; Grant us grace 
so to follow Thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly 
living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which 
Thou hast prepared for those who unfeigned^ love Thee ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Lord's Prayer and the Collect for the day and iveek, 
always to be used. 

OUR Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy 
Name ; Thy Kingdom come ; Thy will be done on 
Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; 
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us ; And lead us not into temptation ; But 
deliver us from evil : For Thine is the Kingdom, and the 
Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



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Christmas Eve. 



OGOD, Who hast made this most sacred night to 
shine with the illumination of the True Light ; 
Grant, we beseech thee, that as we have known the mystery 
of that Light upon earth, we may also perfectly enjoy it in 
heaven ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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Christmas Day. 

BLESSED be the Lord God, Who cometh in the Name 
of the Lord, and hath dawned upon us; Whose com- 
ing hath redeemed us, Whose nativity hath enlightened 
us; Who by His coming hath sought out the lost, and illu- 
minated those who sat in darkness. Grant, therefore, O 
Father Almighty, that we, celebrating with pious devotion 
the day of His nativity, may find the day of judgment a 
day of mercy ; that as we have known His benignity as 
our Redeemer, we may feel His gentle tenderness as our 
Judge. Amen. 

GRANT, Lord, we beseech Thee, to Thy people an 
inviolable firmness of faith ; that as they confess 
Thine Only-begotten Son, the everlasting partaker of Thy 
glory, to have been born in our very flesh, of the Virgin 
Mother, they may be delivered from present adversities, 
and admitted into joys that shall abide; through the same 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen* 

Epiphany. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the brightness of 
faithful souls, Who hast consecrated this solemnity 
by the first fruits of the chosen Gentiles ; fill the world 
with Thy glory, and show Thyself by the radiance of Thy 
light to the nations that are subject unto Thee ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord, mercifully to correct our 
wanderings, and by the guiding radiance of Thy 
compassion to bring us to the salutary vision of Thy 
truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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HEAR us, never-failing Light, Lord our God, our 
only Light, the Fountain of Light, the Light of 
Thine Angels, Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Powers, 
and of all intelligent beings ; Who hast created the light 
of Thy Saints. May our souls be lamps of Thine, kindled 
and illuminated by Thee. May they shine and burn with 
the truth, and never go out in darkness and ashes. May 
we be Thy house, shining from Thee, shining in Thee ; 
may w r e shine and fail not ; may w T e ever worship Thee ; 
in Thee may we be kindled, and not be extinguished. 
Being filled with the splendour of Thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ, may we shine forth inwardly; may the gloom of 
sins be cleared away, and the light of perpetual faith abide 
within us. Amen. 

Holy Week. 

BY the shedding of the Blood of Christ our Lord, peace 
has been established in heaven and earth. 0, truly 
precious is the Covenant of Peace, which was made by the 
offering of that holy Blood ! not with gold, nor silver, nor 
gems, nor pearls, but with the Blood that gushed from the 
side of the Saviour. That Blood-shedding gladdened 
heaven, purified earth, and terrified hell. Amen. 

O CHRIST, the Only-begotten Son of the Unbegotten 
Father, Who for us wast this day slain, the Innocent 
for the ungodly; remember the price of Thy blood, and 
blot out the sins of all Thy people ; and as Thou w T ast 
pleased to endure for us reproaches, spitting, bonds, blows, 
the scourge, the cross, the nails, the bitter cup, death, the 
spear, and lastly burial, vouchsafe to us wretched ones for 
whom Thou didst suffer this, the infinite blessedness of 
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erence for Thy passion, may be raised up to things heaven- 
ly in the joys of Thy Resurrection. Amen. 

Easter Day. 

THE time has come that we have longed for; what 
greater or better work can be found than to proclaim 
the might of our Risen Lord? Bursting open the doors 
of the grave, He has displayed to us the glorious banner 
of His Resurrection. Through Him the sons of light are 
born to life eternal ; the courts of the kingdom of heaven 
are opened to believers ; and by the law of a blessed inter- 
course, earthly and heavenly things are interchanged. 
For by the Cross of Christ we have all been redeemed 
from death, and by His Resurrection the life of us all has 
risen again. While He has assumed our mortal nature, 
we acknowledge Him as the God of majesty ; and in the 
glory of the Godhead we confess Him God and Man : who 
b}^ dying destroyed our death, and by rising again re- 
stored our life, — even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY God, hear Thy people, who are this 
day met to glorify the Resurrection of Thy Son our 
Lord ; and guide them on from this festival to eternal 
gladness, from the exulting joy of this solemnity to joys 
that have no end. For this is the day of man's Resurrec- 
tion, the birthday of eternal life; in which we have been 
satisfied with Thy mercy in the morning, in which the 
Blessed One Who cometh in the Name of the Lord, and 
Who is our God, hath shone upon us. Amen. 



Ascension Day. 

GOD, Who, to show forth the wonders of Thy 

Majesty, didst, after Thy Resurrection from the dead, 

ascend this day into heaven, in the presence of Thine 

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Apostles, grant us the aid of Thy loving-kindness ; that 
according to Thy promise Thou may est ever dwell with us 
on earth, and we with Thee in heaven ; where with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost Thou livest and reignest, 
world without end. Amen. 

Whit sun-day. 

OGOD, Who w T ast pleased to send on Thy disciples 
the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, in the burning fire of 
Thy love, grant to Thy people to be fervent in the unity of 
faith ; that evermore abiding in Thee, they may be found 
both steadfast in faith and active in work ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OHOLY SPIRIT, Who proceedest from the Father 
and the Son, teach us to do the truth, that Thou 
mayest unite us in a mysterious bond of love to the Father 
and Son, from Whom Thou proceedest so ineffably. Amen. 

Feast of Saint Michael . 

O LIGHT of light, Brightness indescribable, Christ 
our God, the Wisdom, Power, and Glory of the 
Father, Who didst appear visibly to all men as the Word 
made flesh, and having overcome the prince of darkness, 
didst return to Thy throne on high ; grant to us Thy sup- 
pliants, amid this dark world, the full outpouring of Thy 
splendour; appoint the Archangel Michael to be our 
defender, to guard our going out and coming in ; and 
admit us to a place on Thy right hand, to receive the 
crown from Thee. Amen. 



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Sunday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

WE render Thee thanksgiving upon thanksgiving* 
Lord our God, Father of our Lord God and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, by all means, at all times, in all places. For 
Thou hast sheltered, assisted, supported, and led us on 
through the time past of our life, and brought us to this 
hour. And we pray and beseech Thee, Good and Lov- 
ing, grant us to pass this holy day, and all the time of our 
life, without sin ; with all joy, health, salvation, sanctifica- 
tion, and fear of Thee. But all envy, all fear, all temptation, 
all the working of Satan, all conspiracy of wicked men, do 
Thou drive away, God, from us, and from Thy holy 
Catholic and Apostolic Church. Supply us with things 
good and profitable. Whereinsoever we have sinned 
against Thee, in word, or deed, or thought, be Thou pleased 
in Thy love and goodness to pass it over ; and forsake us 
not, God, who hope in Thee, neither lead us into temp- 
tation, but deliver us from the evil one, and from his 
works, by the grace and compassion, and benignity of 
Thine Only-begotten Son. Amen. 

MERCIFULLY receive, Lord, the prayers of Thy 
Church ; that all adversities and errors may be 
destroyed, and it may serve Thee in quiet freedom ; and 
give Thy peace in our times, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
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Sunday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. C0LLE ct. 

BLESSED art Thou, Almighty Master, Who hast 
granted us to pass through this day, and to reach the 
beginning of the night. Hear our prayers, and those of 
all Thy people ; and forgive us our sins voluntary and 
involuntary, and accept our evening supplications, and 
send down on Thine inheritance the fullness of Thy mercy 
and Thy compassion. Compass us about with Thy holy 
Angels, arm us with the armour of Thy righteousness, 
fence us round with Thy truth, guard us with Thy power. 
Deliver us from every assault and every device of the 
adversary ; and grant us to pass this evening and the ensu- 
ing night, and all the days of our life, in fulness of peace 
and holiness, without sin and stumbling. For it is Thine 
to pity and to save, Christ our God. Amen. 

GRANT us, Lord, to rejoice in beholding the bliss 
of Thy Jerusalem, and to be carried in her bosom 
with perpetual gladness ; that as she is the home of the 
multitude of the Saints, we also may be counted worthy to 
have our portion within her ; and that Thine Only-begot- 
ten Son, the Prince and Saviour of all, may in this world 
graciously relieve His afflicted, and hereafter in His king- 
dom be the everlasting comfort of His redeemed. Amen. 

MAKE us, we beseech Thee, Lord our God, watch- 
ful and heedful in awaiting the coming of Thy 
Son Christ our Lord; that when He shall come and knock, 
He may find us not sleeping in sins, but awake, and rejoic- 
ing in His praises ; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
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Monday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, Who art the author of peace and lover of con- 
cord, in knowledge of Whom standeth our eternal 
life, Whose service is perfect freedom ; Defend us Thy 
humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, 
surely trusting in Thy defence, may not fear the power of 
any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlast- 
ing God, Who hast safel} 7 brought us to the beginning 
of this day ; Defend us in the same with Thy mighty 
power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither 
run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being- 
ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in Thy sight; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, Thine 
unworthy servants, do give Thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving kindness to 
us, and to all men. We bless Thee for our creation, preser- 
vation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, 
for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for 
the hope of glory. And, we beseech Thee, give us that 
due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be 
unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth Thy 
praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving 
up ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee in 
holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus 

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Christ our Lord ; to Whom, with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Monday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, from Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, 
and all just works do proceed ; Give unto Thy ser- 
vants that peace, which the world cannot give ; that our 
hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that 
by Thee, we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, 
may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the 
merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 

OLORD, our heavenly Father, by Whose Almighty 
pow r er we have been preserved this clay ; By Thy 
great mercy defend us from all perils and clangers of this 
night ; for the love of Thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we 
humbly beseech Thee for all sorts and conditions of 
men ; that Thou wouldst be pleased to make Thy ways 
known unto them, Thy saving health unto all nations. 
More especially we pray for Thy holy Church universal; 
that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good 
Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians 
may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in 
unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteous- 
ness of life. Finally, we commend to Thy fatherly good- 
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mind, body, or estate; that it may please Thee to comfort 
and relieve them, according to their several necessities : 
giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy 
issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus 
Christ's sake. Amen. 



Tuesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, Who art the giver of life, of health, and of 
safety : we bless Thy name, that Thou hast been 
pleased to deliver us from all the perils and dangers of the 
night, and to bring us in peace and safety to the beginning 
of this day. Gracious art Thou, Lord, and full of com- 
passion to the children of men. May our hearts be duly 
impressed with a sense of Thy merciful goodness, and may 
we devote the residue of our days to an humble, holy, and 
obedient walking before Thee, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

O BLESSED Lord, enable us to fulfil Thy commands, 
and command what Thou wilt ; prepare our souls 
against Thy coming, and come when Thou wilt, O Thou 
Saviour of all who hope in Thee ; do with us, as seems 
best in Thine own eyes ; only grant us a patient and pen- 
itent spirit; make our service acceptable to Thee, while we 
live, and our souls ready for Thee, when we die ; give us 
grace in this life, and glory in the life to come, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen. 

BLESS, gracious Father, Thine holy Catholic Church, 
fill it with truth and grace; where it is corrupt, purge 
it; where it is in error, direct it; where it is superstitious, 



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rectify it ; where it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, 
strengthen and confirm it ; where it is divided and rent 
asunder, heal the breaches of it, Thou Holy One of 
Israel. Amen. 

BLESS all those who are called to any office or adminis- 
tration in Thy Church; replenish them with the Truth 
of Thy doctrine, and innocence of life; accept all their offer- 
ings, and let their prayers be as precious incense in Thy 
sight ; that their cries and tears for Thy people, and the 
city of their God, may not be in vain. AH which we pray 
through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Tuesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; we have erred, 
and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We 
have followed too much the devices and desires of our own 
hearts. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We 
have left undone those things which w^e ought to have 
done ; and we have done those things which we ought not 
to have done ; and there is no health in us. But Thou, O 
Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare 
Thou those, God, who confess their faults. Restore Thou 
those who are penitent; according to thy promises declared 
unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, 
most merciful Father, for His sake ; that we may hereafter 
live a godly, righteous and sober life, to the glory of Thy 
holy Name. Amen. 

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ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, Who, of His 
great mercy, hath promised forgiveness of sins to all 
those who, with hearty Repentance and true Faith, turn 
unto Him ; have mercy upon us, pardon and deliver us 
from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all good- 
ness, and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

INTO Thy hands, blessed Lord, we commend ourselves 
and all who are near and dear to us, this night and 
evermore. The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord 
make His face to shine upon us, and be. gracious unto us ; 
the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon us, and 
give us peace. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

(Litany, first part, in which all the family may unite in the 

responses.) 

OGOD, the Father of Heaven ; have mercy upon us 
miserable sinners. 

God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have mercy 
upon us miserable sinners. 

God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and 
the Son ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three Persons and 
one God ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

Remember not, Lord, our offenses, nor the offenses of 
our forefathers ; neither take Thou vengeance of our sins ; 
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redeemed with Thy most precious blood, and be not angry 
with us forever : 

Spare us good Lord. 

From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts 
and assaults of the devil ; from Thy wrath, and from ever- 
lasting damnation ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and 
hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred and malice, and all unchar- 
itableness ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all inordinate and sinful affections ; and from all 
the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence 
and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden 
death ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from 
all false doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from hardness of 
heart, and contempt of Thy Word and Commandment ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation ; by Thy holy 
Nativity and Circumcision ; by Thy Baptism, Fasting, and 
Temptation ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By Thine Agony and Bloody Sweat ; by Thy Cross and 
Passion ; by Thy precious Death and Burial ; by Thy glo- 
rious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of 
the Holy Ghost ; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

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In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our pros- 
perity ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment ; 
Good Lord, deliver us. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Evening. 

Our Father etc 

COLLECT. 

OMOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly 
pray for Thy pity and compassion, and let Thy 
powerful grace produce in us such a godly sorrow, and 
sincere repentance, as Thou wilt be pleased to accept. 
Give us a strong and lively faith in Thy Son, our blessed 
Saviour, and make it effectual to the salvation of our souls. 
Pardon our sins, and save our souls, for the sake and merits 
of Thy dear Son, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. 
Amen. 

O ETERNAL God, our Heavenly Father, Who alone 
makest men to be of one mind in a house, we bless 
Thy holy name, that it hath pleased Thee to make us the 
members of Thy one household of faith, most humbly 
beseeching Thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may 
henceforth obediently walk in Thy holy commandments; 
and, leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and 
honesty, may continually offer unto Thee our sacrifice of 
praise and thanksgiving for these Thy mercies towards us ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, let our souls enjoy 
this their desire, to be enkindled by Thy Spirit ; 
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shine like blazing lights before the presence of Thy Son 
Christ at His coming ; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 

Thursday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

WE humbly beseech Thee, Heavenly Father, to do 
away as the night all our transgressions, and to 
scatter our sins as the morning cloud : Lord, forgive what- 
soever Thou hast seen amiss in us during the past night, 
wash us throughly from our wickedness and cleanse us 
from our sin, and let Thy Holy Spirit so prevent and 
accompany and follow us during the day on which we are 
now entering, that we may believe in Thee, and love Thee, 
and keep Thy commandments, and continue in Thy fear 
all the day long, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

GOD, Who hast commanded that no man should 
be idle, but that we should all work with our hands 
the thing that is good : look graciously upon Thy servants 
now going forth to do their duty in that station of life unto 
which Thou hast been pleased to call them. May Thy 
blessing be upon our persons, upon our labors, upon our 
substance, and upon all that belongs to us. Enable us to 
resist the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the 
devil; to follow the motions of Thy Good Spirit; to be 
serious and holy in our lives ; true and just in our deal- 
ings ; watchful over our thoughts, words, and actions ; 
diligent in our business, and temperate in all things. 
Give us grace, that we may honestly improve all the tal- 
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worldly business, no worldly pleasures, may ever divert 
us from the thoughts of the life to come ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Thursday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we confess 
that we have this day sinned against Heaven and 
in Thy sight, and are no more worthy to be called Thy 
children ; but do Thou pity, and cleanse, and forgive, and 
save us for Thy dear Son's sake. Amen. 

THINE is the day, Lord, and Thine is the night ; 
grant that the sun of righteousness may abide in 
our hearts, to drive away the darkness of wicked thoughts ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

WE call to mind, God, all who are near and dear 
to us, and all for whom we are bound to pray, be- 
seeching Thee to remember them for good, and to supply, 
as may be most expedient for them, all their desires and 
wants. And we commend to Thy mercy all who have 
wronged us, whether by word or deed, beseeching Thee to 
forgive them all their sins, and to bring them together 
with us to Thy heavenly kingdom ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

OTHOU Keeper of Israel, who neither slumberest 
nor sleepest, preserve us from all evil, and make us 
to dwell in safety this night; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

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Friday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

(The responses to this part of the Litany may be said by the 

family.) 

OGOD, the Father of heaven ; have mercy upon us 
miserable sinners. 

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have mercy 
upon us miserable sinners. 

God, the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and 
the Son ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and 
one God ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, Lord God ; 
and that it may please Thee to rule and govern Thy holy 
Church universal in the right way ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to bless and preserve all Christ- 
ian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute 
justice, and to maintain truth; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to illuminate all Bishops, 
Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and under- 
standing of Thy Word; and that both by their preaching 
and living they may set it forth, and show it accordingly; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to bless and keep all Thy 
people; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to give to all nations unity, 
peace, and concord; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

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That it may please Thee to give us an heart to love and 
fear Thee, and diligently to live after Thy command- 
ments; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to give to all Thy people in- 
crease of grace to hear meekly Thy Word, and to receive 
it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the 
Spirit; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord, 

That it may please Thee to bring into the way of truth 
all such as have erred, and are deceived; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to strengthen such as do stand; 
and to comfort and help the weak- hearted; and to raise 
up those who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under 
our feet; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to succour, help, and comfort 
all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to preserve all who travel by 
land or by water, all women in the perils of child-birth, 
all sick persons, and young children; and to show Thy 
pity upon all prisoners and captives; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to defend, and provide for, the 
fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate 
and oppressed; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to have mercy upon all men; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 
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That it may please Thee to forgive our enemies, perse- 
cutors and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use 
the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may 
enjoy them; 

We beseech Thee to hear as, good Lord. 

That it may please Thee to give us true repentance; ta 
forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to 
endue us with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit to amend our 
lives according to Thy holy Word; 

We beseech Thee to hear as, good Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us; 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear its. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world; 

Grant us Thy peace. 

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

The Grace, etc. 



Friday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

THE COLLECT. 

(The responses to this part of the Litany may be said by all 

present.) 

OGOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sigh- 
ing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as 
are sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers which we 
make before Thee in all our troubles and adversities, 
whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that 
those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or 
man worketh against us, may, by Thy good Providence, be 
brought to nought; that we, Thy servants, being hurt by 

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no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto Thee in 
Thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for Thy Name's sake* 

OGOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers 
have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou 
didst in their days, and in the old time before them. 

Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for Thine honor. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost; 

Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

From our enemies defend us, Christ. 

Graciously look upon our afflictions. 

With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. 

Mercifully forgive the sins of Thy people. 

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. 

Son of David, have mercy upon us. 

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, Christ. 

Graciously hear us, Christ ; graciously hear us, Lord 
Christ. 

Lord, let Thy mercy be showed upon us; 

Answer. As we do put our trust in Thee. 

Let us pray. 

WE humbly beseech Thee, Father, mercifully to 
look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of 
Thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly 
have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may 
put our whole trust and confidence in Thy mercy, and 
evermore serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, to 
Thy honor and glory: through our only Mediator and 
Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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Saturday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord our God, let us all rejoice 
with upright hearts, being gathered together in 
the unity of faith; that at the Coming of Thy Son our 
Saviour, we may go forth undefiled to meet Him, in the 
company of His Saints; through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, to behold our 
prayers, and to pour out upon us Thy loving ten- 
derness; that we who are afflicted by reason of our sins 
may be refreshed by the Advent of our Saviour; through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord our God, to gird up the 
loins of our mind by Thy Divine power; that at 
the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, w T e may be 
found worthy of the banquet of eternal life; through the 
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who didst look on man when he had fallen 
down into death, and resolve to redeem him by the 
Advent of Thine Only-begotten Son; grant, we beseech 
Thee, that they who confess His glorious Incarnation may 
also be admitted to the fellowship of Him, their Re- 
deemer; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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Saturday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OMOST merciful God, Who, according to the multi- 
tude of Thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of 
those who truly repent, that Thou rememberest them no 
more; open Thine eye of mercy upon us Thy servants, 
who most earnestly desire pardon and forgiveness. Renew 
in us, most loving Father, whatsoever hath been decayed 
by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by our own car- 
nal will and frailness; preserve and continue us in the 
unity of the Church; consider our contrition, accept our 
tears. And forasmuch as we put our full trust only in 
Thy mercy, impute not unto us our former sins, but 
strengthen us with Thy blessed Spirit; and when Thou 
art pleased to take us hence, take us unto Thy favour,, 
through the merits of Thy most dearly beloved Son, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen, 

AND accept, Lord, our intercessions for all mankind. 
Let the light of Thy Gospel shine upon all nations; 
and may as many as have received it live as becomes it. 
Be gracious unto Thy Church ; and grant that every mem- 
ber of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve 
Thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us; and so 
rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they 
may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain Thy true- 
religion and virtue. Send down Thy blessings, temporal 
and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and neigh- 
bors. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all 
those who have done or wish us evil, and give them re- 
pentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in 
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them according to their several necessities, for His sake, 
Who went about doing good, Thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that the 
solemnity of our redemption may both bestow upon 
us assistance for this present life, and also enrich us with 
the bliss of life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



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Sunday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

O ETERNAL God, we praise Thee, and we thank Thee 
from our inmost hearts, because Thou hast created 
us after Thine own Image; and hast redeemed us with the 
precious Blood of Thy dear Son ; and in addition to other 
countless blessings, hast so mercifully preserved us, bring- 
ing us safely to the beginning of another day, and keeping 
us from evils and dangers during the past night. What 
return, Lord, shall we make to Thee, for these and all 
the other manifold mercies which Thou hast bestowed 
upon us ? 

BEHOLD, O Lord, we cheerfully give up all to Thee, 
from Whom alone cometh all that we have. We 
truly and entirely dedicate, to the greater glory of Thy 
Name, our bodies and souls, with all their powers and 
faculties, and all the thoughts, words and actions of this 
clay, that in them all Thy blessed Name may be forever 
praised and glorified ; and this we do in union with all 
the works which, in the most perfect love, our Saviour 
wrought on earth for our salvation ; so that out of the 
abundant merits of Thine Only-begotten Son, in Whom 
Thou art ever well pleased, our offerings may be accepted, 
our weakness strengthened, and our defects supplied. Amen. 

O SAVIOUR of the world, Who by Thy Cross and 
precious Blood hast redeemed us ; save us and help 
us, we humbly beseech Thee, Lord. Amen. 

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Sunday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD of mercy and of pity, of Thy goodness par- 
don and have compassion upon us, Thy servants ; 
vouchsafe graciously to receive our supplications ; of Thy 
great kindness and long suffering forgive us all the sins 
into which we have fallen this day ; grant us space for 
repentance, so that we may receive at Thy hand remission 
of all our sins, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech Thee, Lord ; 
and by Thy great mercy defend us from all perils and 
dangers of this night ; for the love of Thy only Son, our 
Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee pitifully to behold the 
sorrows of Thj^ people, which we bring before Thee; 
the perils of Thy servants ; the sorrowful sighing of pris- 
oners ; the miseries of widows and orphans, and all that 
are desolate and bereaved; the necessities of strangers and 
travellers ; the helplessness and sadness of the weak and 
sickly ; the depressions of the languishing ; the weakness 
of the aged and of children ; the trials and aspirations of 
young men ; and the vows of virgins ; for Thy mercy's 
sake. Amen. 

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Monday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in Whom we live 
and move and have our being ; we, Thy needy crea- 
tures, render Thee our humble praises, for Thy preserva- 
tion of us, from the beginning of our lives to this day, and 
especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the 
past night. To Thy watchful providence we owe it, that 
no disturbance hath come nigh us or our dwelling ; but 
that we are brought in safety to the beginning of this day. 
For these Thy mercies, we bless and magnify Thy glorious 
Name ; humbly beseeching Thee to accept this our morn- 
ing sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving ; for His sake Who 
lay down in the grave, and rose again for us, Thy Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

AND, since it is of Thy mercy, gracious Father, that 
another day is added to our lives ; w r e here dedicate 
both our souls and our bodies to Thee and Thy service, in 
a sober, righteous, and godly life ; in w r hich resolution, 
do Thou, merciful God, confirm and strengthen us; 
that, as w r e grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

BUT, God, Who knowest the weakness and corrup- 
tion of our nature, and the manifold temptations 
which we daily meet with ; w r e humbly beseech Thee to 
have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the 
constant assistance of Thy Holy Spirit ; that we may be 
effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty. 
Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of Thy judgments, 
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make us both afraid and ashamed to offend Thee. And, 
above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that 
great day in which we must give a strict account of our 
thoughts, words and actions ; and according to the works 
done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by 
Him Whom Thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and 
dead, Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IN particular, we implore Thy grace and protection for 
the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in our meats and 
drinks, and diligent in our several callings. Grant us 
patience under any afflictions Thou shalt see fit to lay on 
us, and minds always contented with our present condition. 
Give us grace to be just and upright in all our dealings ; 
quiet and peaceable ; full of compassion ; and ready to 
do good to all men, according to our abilities and oppor- 
tunities. Direct us in all our ways, (and prosper the works 
of our hands in the business of our several stations). 
Defend us from all dangers and adversities ; and be gra- 
ciously pleased to take us, and all things belonging to us, 
under Thy Fatherly care and protection. These things, 
and whatever else Thou shalt see necessary and convenient 
to us, we humbly beg, through the merits and mediation 
of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Monday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

MOST merciful God, Who art of purer eyes than to 
behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to 
all those who confess and forsake their sins ; we come 

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before Thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, 
acknowledging our manifold transgressions of Thy right- 
eous laws. But, gracious Father, Who desirest not the 
death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech Thee, in mercy, 
and forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply 
sensible of the great evil of them ; and work-in us an 
hearty contrition ; that w T e may obtain forgiveness at Thy 
hands, Who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent 
sinners ; for the sake of Thy Son Jesus Christ, our only 
Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 

AND lest, through our own frailty, or the temptations 
which encompass us, we be drawn again into sin, 
vouchsafe us, we beseech Thee, the direction and assistance 
of Thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the 
temper and disposition of our souls ; that no unclean 
thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires, may rest 
there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice ; 
that w r e may never suffer the sun to go down upon our 
w r rath ; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, 
and good will, with a conscience void of offense towards 
Thee and towards men; that so, we may be preserved pure 
and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

AND accept, Lord, our intercessions for all mankind. 
Let the light of Thy Gospel shine upon all nations ; 
and may as many as have received it, live as becomes it. 
Be gracious unto Thy Church; and grant that every mem- 
ber of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve 
Thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us ; and so 
rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they 
may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain Thy true 
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poral and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends and 
neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and par- 
don all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them 
repentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are 
in any trouble ; and do Thou, the God of pity, administer 
to them according to their several necessities; for His sake 
Who went about doing good, Thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

TO our prayers, Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks 
for all Thy mercies ; for our being, our reason, and 
all other endowments and faculties of soul and body ; for 
our health, friends, food and raiment, and all the other 
comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore 
Thy mercy in sending Thy only Son into the world, to 
redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us 
the knowledge and sense of our duty towards Thee. We 
bless Thee for Thy patience with us, notwithstanding our 
many and great provocations; for all the directions, assist- 
ances, and comforts of Thy Holy Spirit; for Thy continual 
care and watchful providence over us through the whole 
course of our lives ; and particularly for the mercies and 
benefits of the past day ; beseeching Thee to continue 
these Thy blessings to us ; and to give us grace to show 
our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to His laws, 
through Whose merits and intercession we received them 
all, Thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

IN particular, we beseech Thee to continue Thy gracious 
protection to us this night. Defend us from all dangers 
and mischiefs, and from the fear of them ; that we may 
enjoy such refreshing sleep as may fit us for the duties of 
the following day. Make us ever mindful of the time when 
we shall lie down in the dust ; and grant us grace always 

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to live in such a state, that we may never be afraid to die ; 
so that, living and dying, we may be Thine, through the 
merits and satisfaction of Thy Son Christ Jesus, in Whose 
Name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Tuesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who art a strong tower of defense 
unto Thy servants against the face of every enemy, 
we yield Thee praise and thanksgiving for all the blessings 
of this morning's light ; we acknowledge it Thy goodness 
that we have not been consumed, and we beseech Thee 
still to continue Thy mercies towards us that all the world 
may know that Thou art our Saviour and Mighty Deliverer, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O ETERNAL God, Who alone spreadest out the 
heavens, and rulest the raging of every element, we 
commend to Thy almighty protection, ourselves and all 
who are near and dear to us. Guard us, we beseech Thee, 
from every evil to which we may be exposed. Conduct 
us in safety to the close of this day, with a grateful sense 
of Thy mercies, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O LOVING Wisdom of the living God, living ever- 
lasting Word and everlasting Power of God the 
eternal Father, — for everlasting is Thy birth, Who art the 
everlasting Son of God the everlasting Father, and art 
God ; without Whom is nothing, by Whom are all things; 
in Whom consisteth whatever is ; Who art God above us, 
and Man for our sakes ; for Thou hast willed for us to be 

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what we are ; grant us what Thou hast promised ; give to 
us, although unworthy, what Thou hast offered to all alike; 
that is, that Thy Passion may be our deliverance, and Thy 
Death our life, and Thy Cross our redemption, and Thy 
Wound our healing ; that being crucified with Thee, we 
may by Thy gift be lifted up on high to Thy Father, 
with Whom in bliss Thou livest and reignest, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 

Tuesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

GRACIOUS Lord. Almighty, Jesus Christ, let Thy 
sufferings aid us, and defend us from all pain and 
grief, all peril and misery, all uncleanness of heart, all 
sin, all scandal and infamy, from evil diseases of soul and 
body, from sudden and unforeseen death, and from all per- 
secution of our foes visible and invisible. For we know 
that in what day or hour w T e call to mind Thy Passion, we 
shall be safe. Therefore relying on Thine infinite tender- 
ness, we beseech Thee, most loving Saviour, by Thy 
most benignant and sacred sufferings to protect us with 
gracious aid, and in continual tenderness to preserve us 
from all evil. Amen. 

OGOD, the Son of God, — so loving, yet hated, — so 
forbearing, yet assaulted unto death, — Who didst 
show Thyself so gentle and merciful to Thy persecutors ; 
grant that through the wounds of Thy Passion our sins 
may be expiated, and as in Thy humiliation Thou didst 
suffer death for us, so now, being glorified, bestow on us 
everlasting brightness. Amen. 

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MERCIFUL and faithful High Priest, Who didst 
deign for us to be tempted of Satan; make speed 
to aid Thy servants who are assaulted by manifold temp- 
tations ; and as Thou knowest their infirmities, let them 
find Thee mighty to save, Who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without 
end. Amen. 

THE Lord defend us with His Providence and heavenly 
grace. May His fatherly Hand ever be over us, and 
His Holy Spirit ever be with us; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



Wednesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

SHINE into our hearts, loving Master, by the pure 
light of the knowledge of Thyself; and open the eyes 
of our mind to the contemplation of Thine Evangelic teach- 
ing, and put into us the fear of Thy blessed command- 
ments ; that trampling down all carnal appetites, we may 
follow a spiritual life, thinking and doing all things accord- 
ing to Thy good pleasure. For Thou art our sanctification 
and our illumination, and to Thee we render glory, Father, 
Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of 
ages. Amen. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who 
are incessantly afflicted by our own transgressions, 
may be delivered by the Passion of Thine Only-begotten 
Son ; Who with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and 
reigneth one God, world without end. Amen. 



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WE call to mind, God, before Thy throne of grace, 
all who are near and dear to us, and all for whom we 
are bound to pray, beseeching Thee to remember them for 
good, and to supply, as may be most expedient for them, 
all their desires and wants. And we commend to Thy 
mercy all who have wronged us, whether by word or deed, 
beseeching Thee to forgive them all their sins, and to 
bring them together with us to Thy heavenly kingdom, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OUT of the deep have we called unto Thee, Lord ; 
Lord hear our voice. let thine ear consider well 
the voice of our complaint. If Thou, Lord, shouldst be 
extreme to mark what is done amiss, Lord, who may 
abide it? But there is mercy with Thee, therefore shalt 
Thou be feared. We look for the Lord ; our souls wait 
for Him ; in Him is our trust. 

OGOD, Who sparest when we deserve punishment, 
and in Thy wrath rememberest mercy, we humbly 
beseech Thee, of Thy goodness, to comfort and succour us 
in all the trials of this mortal life; correct us not in Thine 
anger, neither chasten us in Thy sore displeasure. Give 
us a right. understanding of ourselves, and of Thy threats 
and promises ; that so we may neither cast away our con- 
fidence in Thee, nor place it anywhere but in Thee. 
Relieve the distressed. Protect the innocent, and awaken 
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out of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that whatso- 
ever trials we may here endure, may tend to setting free 
our souls from the chains of sin, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, Who feedest 
with Thine own Body those sheep which Thou hast 
purchased with Thine own Blood, mercifully seek out Thy 
lost sheep, and bringing them back to the fold, make them 
fit for the eternal pastures, Who livest and reignest God 
forever and ever. Amen. 

UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection, we com- 
mit ourselves and all our friends, relatives, and 
brethren. The Lord make His face to shine upon them ; 
and be gracious unto them. The Lord lift up His counte- 
nance upon them, and give them peace, both now and 
evermore. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



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Thursday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

► LESSED Jesus, Who wast a man of sorrows and 
acquainted with grief, and Whose temptation in the 
wilderness we commemorate at this holy season ; give us 
grace to strive to undo our sinful habits, and to fulfil our 
neglected duties ; bear with our infirmities, and help our 
efforts to lead a more earnest and holy life ; that, meditat- 
ing on Thy sorrows, which our sins have caused, we may 
with deep penitence follow Thee along Thy way of sorrows, 
and joyfully rise with Thee on Easter morn to newness 

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of life ; through Thy merits, Who didst die and rise again 
for us, the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, Who, when Thine hour was come, didst go 
without fear among those that sought Thy life; give 
us, we pray Thee, when Thou dost call, such boldness to 
confess Thee before men, and readiness to bear Thy Cross, 
that hereafter Thou mayest confess us before Thy Father 
Which is in heaven, and give us to inherit an eternal 
crown, for Thine own merits' sake, our Lord and Saviour. 
Amen. 

OGOD, Who art the Author of love, and the Lover 
of pure peace and affection, heal the diseases of all 
Christians who are sick, and let all who are terrified by 
fears, afflicted by poverty, harassed by tribulation, worn 
down by illness, given over to punishments, and all pris- 
oners, and wayfarers, be set free by Thine indulgent ten- 
derness, raised up by amendment of life, and cherished by 
Thy daily compassion; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Thursday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, Whose mercy is everlasting, and power infi- 
nite, look down with pity and compassion upon us 
Thy penitent children and enable us by Thy grace cheer- 
fully to submit ourselves to Thy holy will and pleasure. 
Go not far from us, Lord, and forasmuch as Thou hast 
not cut us off but hast chastened as a father, grant that we, 
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thankful, and turn unto Thee with true repentance and 
sincerity of heart ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OMOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly 
beseech Thee to have pity and compassion upon 
impenitent sinners. Visit them, O Lord, with Thy mercy 
and salvation ; convince them of the miserable condition 
they are in, by their sins and wickedness ; and let Thy 
powerful grace produce in them such a godly sorrow and 
sincere repentance, as Thou wilt be pleased to accept. 
Give them a strong and lively faith in Thy Son, our blessed 
Saviour, and make it effectual to the salvation of their 
souls. Lord, in judgment remember mercy ; and what- 
ever sufferings they are to endure in this world, yet deliver 
them, God, from the bitter pains of eternal death. Par- 
don their sins and save their souls, for the sake and merits 
of Thy dear Son, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 

MAY the Almighty God, Who is a most strong tower 
to all those who put their trust in Him ; to Whom 
all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow 
and obey ; be now and ever more our defense ; and make 
us know and feel that there is none other name under 
heaven given to man, in Whom, and through Whom, we 
may receive salvation, but only in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen* 
The Grace, etc. 



Friday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

LORD Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who didst 
descend from heaven to earth, out of the bosom of 
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of the Cross, and shed Thy precious Blood for the remis- 
sion of our sins; we humbly beseech Thee that at the day 
of judgment we may be set at Thy right hand, and be 
thought worthy to hear those sweetest words, " Come, ye 
blessed, into the kingdom of My Father: " Who with the 
same Father and the Holy Ghost art one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Saviour 
of the world, Who didst foretell to Thine Apostles 
that at the time of Thy- sufferings they should weep and 
lament, while the world rejoiced; and that they should be 
sorrowful, but their sorrow should be turned into joy; 
grant that, during this time wherein Thou didst suffer 
and wast afflicted with extreme anguish for the sins of the 
whole world, we, Thine unworthy servants, ma} 7 so weep 
and lament, and be sorrowful for our sins, the cause of all 
Thy sorrows and sufferings, that, on the day of Thy tri- 
umphant Resurrection, we may rejoice with that joy which 
no man can take from us; Grant this, blessed Lord and 
Saviour, Who didst die for our sins, and rise again for 
our justification, and now livest and reignest with the 
Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without 
end. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Friday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OLORD Jesu, Who at the evening hour wouldst 
that Thy lifeless Body should be taken from the 
Cross, grant us never while we live to put from us our 

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Cross which Thou in Thy love bestowest on us; and 
when we die and are taken from it, make us worthy to be 
presented before Thee, and to be received into the arms of 
Thy mercy. Amen. 

OHOLY Jesus, Who, of Thine infinite goodness 
didst accept the conversion of a sinner on the Cross, 
open Thine eye of mercy upon us Thy servants, who most 
earnestly desire pardon and forgiveness. Renew in us 
whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of 
the devil, or by our own carnal will and frailness. Con- 
sider our contrition; accept our repentance; and foras- 
much as we put our full trust only in Thy mercy, impute 
not unto us our former sins, but strengthen us with Thy 
blessed Spirit; and when Thou art pleased to take us hence, 
take us unto Thy favour; all of which we beg through Thy 
merits, Lord, our Saviour and our Redeemer. Amen. 

THE God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His 
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that we have 
suffered awhile make us perfect, stablish, strengthen, set- 
tle us; the Lord direct our hearts into the love of God 
and into the patient waiting for Christ. Amen. 



Saturday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OLORD, Who, grieved for their affliction, didst lead 
Thy people out of the darkness of Egypt, and 
vouchsafe to deliver them by the hand of Thy servant ; 
do Thou grant also unto us Thy servants, that, delivered 
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enter into that rest which Thou hast promised to our 
fathers ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY God, with Whom do live the spirits of 
those who depart hence in the Lord; and with Whom 
the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the 
burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we give Thee 
hearty thanks for the good examples of all those Thy ser- 
vants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now 
rest from their labors. And, we beseech Thee, that we, 
with all those who are departed in the true faith of Thy 
Holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, 
both in body and soul, in Thy eternal and everlasting glory; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE very God of peace, sanctify us wholly ; and we 
pray God our whole body and soul and spirit be 
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



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AY the Souls of the Faithful, by the mercy of God, 
rest in peace. Amen. 



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Saturday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

IKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks, so longeth 
our souls after Thee, God. The Lord hath granted 
His loving kindness in the day time, and in the night 
season will we sing of Him, and make our prayers unto the 
God of our life. Lord God of hosts, who is like unto 
Thee? Thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side. 
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rise up again and praise Thee. Thy loving kindness is 
shown in the grave, and Thy faithfulness in destruction. 
Thy wondrous works are known in the dark, and Thy 
righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten. 
Amen. 

MERCIFUL God, grant that we who have by baptism 
put on Christ, and been made the children of God, 
and of the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, may walk answer- 
ably to our Christian calling, and as becometh the children 
of light, remembering always that baptism representeth 
unto us our profession, which is to follow the example of 
our Saviour, Christ ; and to be made like unto Him ; giv- 
ing us grace, that, as He died and rose again for us, so we, 
who are baptized, may die from sin, and rise again unto 
righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and cor- 
rupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and god- 
liness of living. Hear us, we beseech Thee, through the 
same, Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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AY God Almighty bless us, and of His mercy 
vouchsafe to defend us from all wickedness. Amen. 



AND may He Who willed to enlighten this most holy 
night by the Resurrection of our Redeemer, cleanse 
our minds from the darkness of our sins, and make them 
glisten with abundant virtues. Amen. 

TO the end that, striving to imitate the innocence of 
the newly -baptized, we may be enabled, like the 
Wise Virgins, to enter with the shining lights of good works 
into the chamber of that Bridegroom, Whose Resurrection 
we are about to celebrate. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



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Sunday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

THIS is the day which the Lord hath made, may we 
be glad and rejoice in it ; may we worship the Lord 
in the beauty of holiness ; may we pay our vows unto the 
Lord, in the sight of all His people, in the courts of the 
Lord's house. 

C"^ LORY be to God that Christ, our Passover, is sacri- 
J ficed for us, and therefore may we keep the feast, not 
with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity 
and truth. 

GLORY be to God, that Christ being raised from the 
dead, dieth no more ; that death hath no more 
dominion over Him ; and so likewise may we reckon our- 
selves also to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

MOST gracious God, incline Thy merciful ears to our 
prayers, and enlighten our hearts by the grace of 
Thy Holy Spirit ; that we may worthily approach Thy 
Holy Mysteries, and love Thee with an everlasting love. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee, may the Comforter Who 
proceedeth from Thee illuminate our minds, and 
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OLORD, we beseech Thee, may the power of the 
Holy Ghost be with us, and both mercifully cleanse 
and purge our hearts, and defend us from all adversities. 

CLEANSE our consciences, we beseech Thee, Lord, 
by Thy visitation ; that Thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ, when He cometh, may find in us a mansion pre- 
pared for Himself; through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the Unity 
of the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

THE God of peace, Who brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant; Make 
us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in 
us that which is well pleasing in His sight ; through Jesus 
Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 



Sunday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

AT the closing of this Thy own day of holy rest, Eter- 
nal, Almighty God, before we sleep we would offer 
Thee our last act of prayer, of thanksgiving and of praise. 
Our faults, imperfections, wanderings, irreverences, cold- 
ness, indisposition for spiritual things, dulness, torpor, 
unbelief, selfishness, — forgive, cleanse, hide from Thine 
eyes, cast away from us, our God. 

THY Grace has been shed this day in the riches of Thy 
Beneficence, on the evil and on the good. Thy illu- 
minations, healings, callings, miracles, sweetnesses have 
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measure of these ineffable gifts rest on us this hour, and 
abide in us, even as the stillness of night steals on us. 

WE unite ourselves with the innumerable host of 
x\ngels, with the blessed Virgin Mother, and with 
all the Saints in Christ our Lord ; the vision of eternal 
things is around us; the eternal Sabbath of God enfolds us. 
Let us taste some portion here of the rest of Thy Heart, 
which Thy love opened to us. Lord, we believe, help Thou 
our unbelief. 

OLORD, we renew our covenant with Thee. Our pur- 
pose is still true ; our desire is to grow, to develop 
the powers of a heavenly life, to subdue wilfulness, to dis- 
cipline irregularities, to kill the evil in us, to be deeply 
humble, to increase in charity, to bring every thought into 
obedience. Thou hast wonderfully drawn our souls, O 
God, and the past is gone from us, and we are Thine, and 
we have given up all for Thee ; even ourselves we offer 
Thee. Only keep us fixed in this resolve. 

IN love with all, in faith in Thee, in hope of heaven, in 
a contrite spirit, in union with Jesus, with pure hearts, 
we lay us down to sleep, our God. Amen. 

THE Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord by His 
Providence shield our bodies, and by His Grace 
our souls, this night and evermore. Amen. 



Monday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

collect. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we most heartily 
thank Thee that by Thine innumerable mercies, 
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us, and that by the institution of Thy Holy Church we 
are very members incorporate in the mystical body of 
Thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful 
people; and are also heirs through hope of Thy everlast- 
ing kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death 
and passion of Thy dear Son; and we most humbly be- 
seech Thee, Heavenly Father, so to assist us with Thy 
grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and 
do all such good works as Thou hast prepared for us to 
walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to Whom, with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

OGOD, of unchangeable power and eternal light, look 
favourably on Thy whole Church, that wonderful 
and sacred mystery; and, by the tranquil operation of 
Thy perpetual Providence, carry out the work of man's 
salvation; and let the whole world feel and see that things 
which were cast down are being raised up, and things 
which had grown old are being made new, and all things 
are returning to perfection through Him from Whom they 
took their origin, even through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Monday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and immortal God; the aid of all who 
need, the helper of all who flee to Thee for succour, 
the life of those who believe, and the resurrection of the 
dead; we call upon Thee for mercy and forgiveness. Re- 
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beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and 
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. So 
give now unto us who ask; let us who seek, find; open the 
gate unto us who knock; that we may enjoy the everlast- 
ing benediction of Thy heavenly grace, and may come to 
the eternal kingdom which Thou hast promised by Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, we commend unto Thy protection and mer- 
cy all those for whom we ought to pray (especially 
N.), beseeching Thee to supply all their needs, to comfort 
and support them in all their troubles, to deliver them 
from all temptations, and to bring them to everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

MAY the Lord bless us, and defend us from all evil, 
and bring us to everlasting life; and of His bound- 
less mercy grant unto us, and all His faithful servants, 
'eternal rest and peace. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Tuesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we 
give Thee humble thanks, that Thou hast vouch- 
safed to call us to the knowledge of Thy Grace, and faith 
in Thee ; increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith 
in us, evermore ; grant that the old Adam in us, may be 
so buried that the new man may be raised up in us. 
Orant that all sinful affections may die in us, and that all 
things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in us. 
<Grant that we may have power and strength to have vie- 

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tory and to triumph against the devil, the world, and the 
flesh. Grant that having been dedicated to Thee, by the 
office and ministry of Thy Church, we may also be endued 
with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded through 
Thy mercy, blessed Lord God, Who dost live and govern 
all things, world without end. Amen. 

COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 
And lighten with celestial fire ; 
Thou the anointing Spirit art, 
Who dost Thy seven-fold gifts impart ; 
Thy blessed Unction from above, 
Is comfort, life, and fire of love : 
Enable with perpetual light 
The d ulness of our blinded sight ; 
Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundance of Thy grace ; 
Keep far our foes, give peace at home. 
Where Thou art guide, no ill can come ; 
Teach us to know the Father, Son, 
And Thee, of Both, to be but One; 
That, through the ages all along, 
This may be our endless song ; 
Praise to Thy eternal merit, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Tuesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who of Thy great 
mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark 
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children of Israel, Thy people, through the Red Sea, fig- 
uring thereby Thy holy baptism; and by the baptism of 
Thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the River Jordan, 
didst sanctity the element of water to the mystical wash- 
ing away of Sin; we beseech Thee, for Thine infinite mer- 
cies, that Thou wilt mercifully look upon us Thy servants, 
wash us and sanctify us with the Holy Ghost, that we, 
having been delivered from Thy wrath, and received into 
the ark of Christ's Church, may be steadfast in faith, joy- 
ful through hope, and rooted in charity, and may so pass 
the waves of this troublesome world that finally we may 
come to the land of everlasting life, there to reign with 
Thee, world without end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

RECEIVE us, blessed Jesus, into the abyss of Thy 
tender mercy, and wash us from all stain of sin in 
the great deep of Thy compassion. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

WE confess to Thee, Almighty God, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, and before the whole 
company of heaven, that we have sinned exceedingly in 
thought, word, and deed, through our fault, through our 
own fault, through our grievous fault ; therefore we pray 
God to have mercy upon us. 

GIVE us, Lord, purity of lips, a clean and innocent 
heart, and rectitude of action. Give us humility, 
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temperance. Give us the spirit of wisdom and under- 
standing, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of 
knowledge and godliness, and of Thy fear. Make us ever to 
seek Thy face with all our heart, all our soul, all our 
mind ; grant us to have a contrite and humbled heart in 
Thy presence — to prefer nothing to Thy love. Most high, 
eternal and ineffable Wisdom, drive away from us the 
darkness of blindness and ignorance ; most high and eter- 
nal Strength, deliver us ; most high and eternal Fortitude, 
assist us ; most high and incomprehensible Light, illumi- 
nate us ; most high and infinite Mercy, have mercy on 
us. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, be Thou present to 
our duties, and grant the protection of Thy presence 
to all that dwell in this house; that Thou may est be known 
to be the Defender of Thy family, and the Inhabitant of 
this dwelling ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OLORD God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, 
and charity. Root out from among us all sin and 
wickedness, all discord and infidelity, all errors and false 
opinions. Rebuke the erring, convert the unbelieving. 
Bring back into the unity of the Church all those that are 
in schism, and show unto them the light of Thy grace. 
Defend from all adversity, both of body and soul, the 
bishops, pastors, and governors of Thy Church, all Chris- 
tian, rulers and magistrates, and all in authority over us. 
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in the good way. Confirm all their thoughts, words, and 
works. Have mercy, Lord, upon all men, and strengthen 
in Thy service those who are dedicated to Thee. Provide 
for all those who labour with their hands; raise up those 
who are oppressed with grief; heal the sick ; supply the 
wants of all who are in need; grant unto travellers a return 
to their homes ; bring to a haven of safety those in perils 
of the sea; give joy to those who are labouring with child; 
and deliverance to captives. Forgive all who have sinned 
with us, or whom we have led into sin. Recompense one- 
hundredfold those whom we have injured, offended, or 
deceived. Direct in the way of life all united to us, by 
kindred or friendship ; all whose labor or help we make 
use of; all who pray for us, or desire our prayers, and all 
who think kindly of us. Hear them in whatsoever trouble 
they call upon Thee. Vouchsafe both to our enemies and 
to ourselves constant charity. May we all have patience,, 
kindness, and pity ; and may envy, wrath, and bitterness 
be far from us. most merciful Father, have mercy upon 
the souls of all those who have fallen asleep in Christ,. 

especially ( ), and on those with whom we have been 

intimate, or whose possessions we have inherited ; to all 
who have departed in Thy faith, grant, Lord, eternal rest,. 
and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Thursday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

LORD Jesus Christ, Who art ascended into heaven,. 

there to intercede for us Thy servants, to bring the 

kingdoms of the earth beneath the scepter of Thy right- 

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eousness, and to draw up Thine Elect in blessed union with 
Thee, their Head, Who art gone before ; grant us firm 
faith in Thine Almighty power, Christ our God. Strengthen 
our hope in Thee, Who art forever offering Thyself, in Thy 
risen and glorified Body, in the most Holy Place, O Christ, 
our Advocate ! Quicken our love towards Thee, Jesu 
King most Wonderful, Who didst lead captivity captive, 
and give gifts unto men, especially the most unspeakable 
gift of Thy Holy Spirit, uniting us to Thee in bonds of 
heavenly love. Hear us, Thou Who hast triumphed 
gloriously, Bridegroom of Thy Holy Church, and only 
Mediator between God and man ! and grant that we may 
so follow Thee now in patient toil and suffering, that when 
Thou comest again to judge the world w r e may be counted 
worthy to sit with Thee in heavenly places, through Thy 
merits, Lord and only Saviour, Who with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest ever One God, 
w r orld without end. Amen. 

MAY the holy Angels keep watch around us through- 
out this day, to protect us against the assaults of 
the evil one, to suggest to us holy thoughts, to defend us 
against all dangers, to lead us in the perfect way of peace, 
and to bring us safe, at length, to our home in heaven. 
Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Thursday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY and merciful God, unto Whose everlast- 
ing blessedness we ascend, not by the frailty of the 
flesh, but by the activity of the soul; make us ever, by 

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Thine inspiration, to seek after the courts of the heavenly 
City, and, by Thy mercy, confidently to enter them ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O ETERNAL God, creator and preserver of all mankind, 
giver of all spiritual grace, the author of everlast- 
ing life, send Thy blessing upon us Thy servants, that as 
members of one family and household of faith, we may 
ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and live 
according to Thy laws, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

INTO Thy hands, God, we commend our souls and 
bodies, which Thou hast redeemed with the most 
precious blood of Thy dear Son. So bless and sanctify 
our sleep to us, that it may be temperate, holy, and safe ; 
a refreshment to our wearied bodies, and an interval of 
repose to our anxious minds. let us never sleep in sin 
or death eternal ; but give us a watchful and prudent 
spirit, that we may omit no opportunity of serving Thee. 
And grant that when the work of our life is done, we may 
rest in the bosom of paradise, till at the last we are ad- 
mitted to the full enjoyment of Thy heavenly kingdom ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Friday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

BLESSED art Thou, Lord our God, Who hast en- 
lightened our eyes that we should not sleep in 
death, Who hast delivered us from the terror by night, 
and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness : For 

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that we laid us down and slept, and rose up again, because 
Thou, Lord, didst make us dwell in safety. 

AND now that Thou hast added to the number of our 
days, that this and every day may be employed to 
the perfecting of holiness in Thy fear, and sweetened with 
the comforts of health, of peace, and innocence ; grant, O 
good Lord. 

THAT all the sins, offences, and neglects of our days 
already gone, may, by Thy mercy, be freely par- 
doned and entirely done away ; grant, good Lord. 

THAT it may please Thee to bless the world with 
prosperity and peace, but chiefly with such mercies 
as Thou knowest to be most expedient for the good of all 
our souls ; grant, O good Lord. 

WHATSOEVER things are true, whatsoever things 
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever 
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever 
things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if 
there be any praise that w T e may think on these things 
and may do these things ; grant, good Lord. 

THAT the Angel of Peace, the holy guide of Thy 
children, the faithful guard set by Thee over their 
souls and bodies, may encamp round about us and con- 
tinually suggest to our mind such things as conduce to 
Thy glory, and to our salvation ; grant, good Lord. 

THAT since this life must shortly have an end ; that 
ours may be concluded with a truly Christian 
death, a death perfectly void of sin and shame, and if such 
be Thy good pleasure, as free from pain as may be ; grant, 
good Lord. 

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BUT above all, in regard it is appointed unto all men 
once to die, and after that the judgment ; that we 
ma} 7 appear with comfort, and find a favourable account, 
at the great and terrible tribunal of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, 
Who, w T e believe, shall come to be our Judge ; grant, 
good Lord. 

MAY the power of the Father govern and protect us ! 
. May the wisdom of the Son teach and enlighten 
us ! May the influence of the Holy Ghost renew and 
quicken us ! May the blessing of the everlasting and 
all-holy Trinity be with us, now and forevermore. Amen. 



Friday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD the Father, everlasting, Who didst send Thine 
adorable, true, and only Son into the world to deliver 
man, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 

O CHRIST, the King of glory, Who, when Thou hadst 
overcome the sharpness of death, didst open the 
kingdom of heaven to all believers, we pray Thee help Thy 
servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious 
blood, and make us to be numbered with Thy Saints in 
glory everlasting. Holy Ghost, the Comforter, support 
and strengthen our weak hearts, keep us henceforth with- 
out sin, govern us, and lift us up forever. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Whose righteousness 
is like the strong mountains, and Thy judgments like 
the great deep ; grant, that neither the splendor of any- 
thing that is great, nor the conceit of anything that is good 
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as sinful dust and ashes ; but that, according to the exam- 
ple of Thy blessed Martyrs of old we may press forward to 
the prize of the high calling that is before us, in faith and 
patience, humility and meekness, mortification and self- 
denial, charity and constant perseverance unto the end ; 
and all this for Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake ; to 
Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Saturday Morning. 
Our Father, etc. 



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COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY God, who hast built Thy Church 
upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, 
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Cornerstone; grant 
that, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, all Christians 
may be so joined together in unity of spirit, and in the 
bond of peace, that they may be an holy temple accept- 
able unto Thee. And especially to us here present, give 
the abundance of Thy grace ; that with one heart we 
ma}^ desire the prosperity of Thy holy Apostolic Churchy 
and with one mouth may profess the faith once delivered 
to the Saints. Defend us from the sins of heresy and 
schism ; let not the foot of pride come nigh to hurt us, 
nor the hand of the ungodly to cast us down. And 
grant that the course of this world may be so peaceably 
ordered by Thy governance, that Thy Church may joy- 
fully serve Thee in all godly quietness ; that so we may 
walk in the ways of truth and peace, and at last be num- 
bered with Thy Saints in glory everlasting ; through Thy 
merits, blessed Jesus, Thou gracious Bishop and Shep- 

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herd of our souls, who art with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost one God, world without end. Amen. 

O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus 
Christ, Who is the resurrection and the life ; in 
Whom whosoever believeth, shall live, though he die; 
and whosoever liveth and believeth in Him shall not die 
eternally; Who also hath taught us, by His holy Apostle 
Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope, for those 
who sleep in Him ; we humbly beseech Thee, Father, 
to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteous- 
ness, that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in 
Him; and that, at the general resurrection in the last day, 
we may be found acceptable in Thy sight ; and receive 
that blessing, which Thy well-beloved Son shall then pro- 
nounce to all who love and fear Thee, saying, Come, ye 
blessed children of My Father, receive the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant 
this, we beseech Thee, merciful Father, through Jesus 
Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Saturday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

HOW amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou Lord of 

hosts. Our souls have a desire and a longing to 

enter into the courts of the Lord. Our hearts and our 

flesh cry out to the living God. For one day in Thy 

courts is better than a thousand. 

GOD, Who didst appoint the sacred rest of the 

Sabbath as a sign between Thee and us, of Thy 

mercy in the creation of the world, and afterwards didst 

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translate it to the first day of the week, as a memorial of 
the resurrection of Thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord ; pre- 
pare our hearts so to use these days of rest and of public 
worship, that our prayers and praises may be acceptable 
in Thy sight. Give us grace to serve Thee with reverence 
and godly fear; affect us with an awful apprehension of 
Th} r Divine Majesty, and a deep sense of our unworthi- 
ness, that so approaching Thy sanctuary with lowliness 
and devotion, and coming before Thee with clean thoughts 
and pure hearts, with bodies undefiled and minds sancti- 
fied, we may at length be found worthy of a part in the 
eternal rest, and in the continual hymns of Angels and 
Blessed Spirits, in the life to come, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY God, by Whose will we were created, and 
by Whose providence we are sustained, by Whose 
mercy we have been called to the knowledge of our Re- 
deemer, and by Whose grace whatever good we have 
thought or done has been inspired and directed ; grant 
that we may review our past lives with a spirit of thank- 
fulness and submission, that in affliction we may remem- 
ber how often we have been succoured, and in prosperity 
may know and confess from Whose hand the blessing is 
received. Enable us to improve the time which Thou 
shalt yet allow us, that we may daily become purer in Thy 
sight, and as we draw nearer and nearer to the grave, 
strengthen our faith, enliven our hope, increase our 
charity, and perfect our repentance, and so help us by 
Thy Holy Spirit, that when it shall be Thy pleasure to 
call us hence, we may be received to everlasting happiness, 
for the sake of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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Sunday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

GREAT is the Lord and highly to be praised in the 
city of our God, even upon His holy hill. God, 
according to Thy name so is Thy praise unto the world's 
end. Glory be to Thee, God, our Creator. Glory be to 
Thee, God, our Redeemer. Glory be to Thee, God, 
the Holy Ghost, our Sanctifier, our Guide, our Comforter. 
All love, all glory, be to the high and undivided Trinity, 
Whose works are inseparable and Whose dominion en- 
dureth, world without end. Amen. 

THOU hast healed our wounds, Lord, by the wounds 
of Thine Only-begotten Son. What then shall we 
do now that we have been bought with so great a price? 
How shall we serve such a Lord, by Whom liberty is 
promised and an inheritance is offered to us ? Work in us, 
Lord, what may please Thee ; that we may possess 
Thee, do Thou possess us. We will not go back from 
Thee ; Thou wilt let us live, and we will call upon Thy 
Name. 

CONFIRM, Lord, in our minds the mysteries of the 
true faith, that as we confess Him Who was con- 
ceived by the Virgin to be Very God and Man, so by the 
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attain eternal joy ; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OGOD the Father, Origin of Divinity, Good beyond 
all that is good, Fair beyond all that is fair, in 
Whom is calmness, peace and concord; do Thou make up 
the dissensions which divide us from each other, and 
bring us back into an unity of love, which may bear some 
likeness to Thy sublime Nature. And as Thou art above 
all things, make us one by the unanimity of a good mind, 
that through the embrace of charity and the bonds of 
affection we may be spiritually one, as well in ourselves as 
in each other, through that peace of Thine which maketh 
all things peaceful, and through the grace, mercy, and 
tenderness of Thine Only-begotten Son. Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Sunday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

ALMIGHTY God, and heavenly Father, Who, ot Thine 
infinite love and goodness towards us, hast given to 
us Thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to 
be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting life ; 
Who, after He had made perfect our redemption by His 
death, and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into 
the world His Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, 
and Pastors; by whose labor and ministry He gathered 
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forth the eternal praise of Thy holy Name ; for these so 
great benefits of Thy eternal goodness, and for that Thou 
hast vouchsafed to call Thy servants our Bishops and 
Pastors to the same office and ministry, appointed for the 
salvation of mankind, we render unto Thee most hearty 
thanks, we praise and worship Thee ; and we humbly be- 
seech Thee, by the same Thy blessed Son, to grant unto 
us with all who call upon Thy Name, that we may con- 
tinue to show ourselves thankful unto Thee for these and 
all Thy other benefits; and that we may daily increase 
and go forwards in the knowledge and faith of Thee and 
Thy Son, by the Holy Spirit. So that as well by Thy 
Ministers, as by them over whom they are appointed Thy 
Ministers, Thy holy Name may be forever glorified, and 
Thy blessed kingdom enlarged; through the same Thy 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, world without 
end. Amen. 

OGOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only 
Saviour, the Prince of Peace; give us grace serious- 
ly to lay to heart the unhappy divisions of Thy Church. 
Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else 
may hinder us from godly union and concord; that, as 
there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one hope of one 
calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and 
Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, 
and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and 
peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and 
one mouth glorify Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

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Monday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

collect. 

WE give Thee thanks, Holy Lord, Almighty Father, 
Eternal Gocl, Who hast guarded us through the 
hours of the night, and hast vouchsafed to bring us safely 
to another day; grant us, we pray Thee, to pass this day 
without sin, that at eventide we may again give thanks 
unto Thee. 

OLORD, mercifully incline Thy ears to hear our 
morning prayers, and of Thy loving-kindness en- 
lighten the depths of our hearts, that no evil desires may 
rule those hearts which have been renewed by the light of 
Thy heavenly grace. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord, in Thy loving-kindness, to 
pour Thy holy light into our souls ; that we may 
ever be devoted to Thee, by Whose wisdom we were 
created, and by Whose providence we are governed. 

OLORD, we commend unto Thy protection and mer- 
cy all those for whom we ought to pray (especially 
N.), beseeching Thee to supply all their needs, to comfort 
and support them in all their troubles, to deliver them in 
all their temptations, to guide them through this life, to 
be with them in the hour of death, and to bring them 
safely to Thy Heavenly Kingdom through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus, in union with Thy most perfect 
actions, we commend to Thee our works of this 
day, to be directed according to Thy will. Amen. 

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Monday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, merciful and faithful, the aid of all that trust 
In Thee, keep safely under the shadow of Thy 

wings ourselves, our relations and friends (especially ), 

and all believers, even Thy whole Church, that we may 
enjoy Thy presence always and increase in Thy Holy 
Spirit more and more, till we come to Thine everlasting 
Kingdom. Succour the dying, comfort and heal the sick, 
succour all who are in trouble, sorrow, need, temptation, 
or any other adversity ; and have mercy upon all for 
whom Thy Son hath shed His precious Blood. Have 
mercy upon this place and upon this household ; and 
grant that humility and meekness, peace and charity, 
chastity and purity, may rule therein. Grant that we 
may so correct and amend ourselves, that we may love, and 
fear, and serve Thee faithfully all our days ; through our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

THE Almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost bless and preserve us. 
Amen. 



Tuesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD the Father of our Lord God and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, Lord, Whose Name is great, Whose 
nature is blissful, Whose goodness is inexhaustible, Thou 
God and Master of all things, Who art blessed forever; 

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Who sittest on the Cherubim, and art glorified by the 
Seraphim ; before Whom stand thousands of thousands 
and ten thousand times ten thousand, the hosts of holy 
Angels and Archangels ; sanctify, Lord, our souls and 
bodies and spirits, and touch our apprehensions and search 
out our consciences, and cast out of us every evil thought, 
every base desire, all envy, and pride, and hypocrisy, all 
falsehood, all deceit, all wordly anxiety, all covetousness, 
vainglory, and sloth, all malice, all wrath, all anger, all 
remembrance of injuries, all blasphemy, and every mo- 
tion of the flesh and spirit that is contrary to Thy holy 
will. And grant us, Lord, the Lover of men, with free- 
dom, without condemnation, with a pure heart and a con- 
trite soul, without confusion of face and with sanctified 
lips, boldly to call upon Thee, our holy God and Father 
Who art in heaven. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Fountain of all Love, we bless 
and praise Thee, for all those whom Thou hast 
ever given us to love us or to be loved by us, especially 
(N.). We would grieve before Thee for all that any of 
them have ever done to hinder Thy Grace in them ; We 
pray Thee to forgive all, to blot out all. We most earnest- 
ly beseech Thee, Lord, to fill them with Thy Love, to 
perfect them in every good work according to Thy will. 
Draw each one to Thyself, we pray Thee, in Thine own 
way, and lead them to Thee as Thy faithful ones, so that 
when Thou shalt come in Thy Glory, they may be ready 
to enter into Thy joy; for the sake of Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

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Tuesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

O ETERNAL Lord God, be pleased to receive unto 
Thy almighty and most gracious protection, the 
persons of us Thy servants and all the members of this 
family. Preserve us from the dangers to which we may 
be exposed, and from the violence of every enemy ; and 
mercifully grant that all the inhabitants of this land may 
serve Thee, our God, in peace and quietness ; that they 
may enjoy the blessings of the earth and all the fruits of 
their labor with a thankful remembrance of Thy mercies, 
and that they may live to praise and glorify Thy holy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

OLORD, support us all the day long of this troublous 
life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening 
comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of 
life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy 
give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the 
last; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

MAY God the Father bless us ; Jesus Christ defend 
and keep us ; the pow r er of the Holy Ghost en- 
lighten us and sanctify us, this night and forever. Amen. 



Wednesday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

CLEANSE, Lord, our consciences by the sincere 
confession of the Catholic Faith, and by continual 
contrition of heart; that we may always be heard by Thee 
in heaven, when we call to Thee for pardon of sins on 
earth. Amen. 

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OGOD, Who art the unsearchable abyss of peace, 
the ineffable sea of love, the fountain of blessings, 
and the bestower of affection, Who sendest peace to those 
that receive it ; open to us this day the sea of Thy love, 
and water us with plenteous streams from the riches of 
Thy grace, and from the most sweet springs of Thy benig- 
nity. Make us children of quietness, and heirs of peace. 
Enkindle in us the fire of Thy love; sow in us Thy fear \ 
strengthen our weakness by Thy power; bind us closely 
to Thee and to each other in one firm and indissoluble 
bond of unity. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast promised 
to hear the petitions of those who ask in Thy Son's 
name, we commend unto Thee all our relations, friends, 
dependents, and those for whom we have been asked to 
pray. Let Thy Fatherly hand, we beseech Thee, ever be 
over them, let Thy Holy Spirit ever be with them, and so 
lead them in the knowledge and obedience of Thy word r 
that in the end they may obtain everlasting life. Pity, O 
Lord, and have mercy upon all men, for Jesus Christ's 
sake, Who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and 
reigneth, ever One God, world without end. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 



Wednesday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

WE beseech Thee, Lord, make Thy servants alway 
to join together in seeking Thee with their whole 
heart, to serve Thee with submissive mind, humbly to 
implore Thy mercy, and perpetually to rejoice in Thy 
blessings ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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HEAR us, holy Lord, Father Almighty, everlasting 
God, and be pleased to send Thy holy angel from 
heaven, to guard, cherish, protect, visit, and defend all 
who dwell in this habitation; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, the keeper of Israel who neither slumberest 
nor sleepest, be pleased in Thy great mercy to 
watch over us this night, and make us ever mindful of the 
time when we shall lie down in the dust. Have mercy 
upon us O Lord, have mercy upon us. Let Thy mercy be 
showed upon us as we do put our trust in Thee. Grant 
us true repentance. Forgive us all our sins, negligences 
and ignorances. And endue us with the grace of Thy 
Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to Thy holy 
word. Give unto us the increase of faith, hope and chari- 
ty, and that we may obtain our petitions make us to ask 
such things as shall please Thee, through Jesus Christ our. 
Lord. Amen. 
The Grace, etc. 

Thursday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD, the heavens declare Thy glory and the firma- 
ment showeth Thy handy work. One day telleth 
another, and one night certifieth another. But who can 
tell how oft he offendeth; cleanse Thou us from our 
secret faults. Keep Thy servants also from presumptuous 
sins, lest they get the dominion over us. Let the words 
of our mouths, and the meditations of our hearts be always 
acceptable in Thy sight, Lord, our strength and our 
Redeemer. Amen. 

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WE magnify Thee, God our King, and praise Thy 
name for ever and ever. Every day do we give 
thanks unto Thee, and praise Thy name for ever and ever. 
Great is the Lord and marvellous, worthy to be praised ; 
there is no end of His greatness. The Lord is gracious 
and merciful, long-suffering and of great goodness. The 
Lord is loving unto every man; and Thy mercy is over all 
Thy works. All Thy works praise Thee, Lord, and Thy 
Saints give thanks unto Thee. With the multitude before 
the throne whom no man can number, of all nations and 
kindreds, and people, and tongues, we cry, worthy is the 
Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, and wis- 
dom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power be unto Him, 
that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever 
and ever. Amen. 

OHOLY Jesus, King of the Saints, and Prince of the 
Catholic Church, preserve Thy Spouse whom Thou 
hast purchased with Thy right hand, and redeemed and 
cleansed with Thy Blood, even Thy whole Catholic Church 
from one end of the earth to the other, founded upon a 
Rock, but planted in the sea. preserve her safe from 
schism, heresy, and sacrilege. Unite all her members 
with the bands of faith, hope and charity; and also of an 
external communion, when it shall seem good in Thine 
eyes. Let the daily Sacrifice of Prayer and Sacramental 
Thanksgiving never cease, but be forever presented unto 
Thee, and forever united to the Intercession of her dearest 
Lord, and forever prevail for the obtaining for every of its 
members grace and blessing, pardon and salvation; for 
Thy most tender mercy's sake. Amen. 

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Thursday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 



COLLECT. 



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LESSED be the Holy and undivided Trinity, now, 
henceforth, and for evermore. Amen* 



BLESSED, praised, and hallowed be Jesus Christ on 
His Throne of Glory, and in the Most Holy Sacra- 
ment of the Altar. Amen. 

BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, Who hath sent His holy Angels to keep us 
this day from the sickness that destroyeth at noon and 
the arrow that flieth by day. 



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HO hath given us His Holy Spirit to guide us, to 
teach us, to dwell in us. 



BLESSED and forever hallowed be Thy Holy Name 
for those never-ceasing showers of blessings by which 
we live and are content, and blessed and provided for, day 
by day. Into Thy hands, most blessed Jesu, we com- 
mend our souls and bodies, for Thou hast redeemed us 
with Thy Most Precious Blood. Abide with us; rest with 
us, we beseech Thee, that we may sleep in peace, and 
awake with Thee Whom we love. 



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OLY, Holy, Holy Lord, God Almighty, Which was, 

and Which is, and Which is to come. Blessing, 

and Glory, and Wisdom, and Thanksgiving, and Honour, 

and Power, and Might, be unto our God forever. Amen, 

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OLORD, we beseech Thee, to our weariness vouchsafe 
us rest; to our exhaustion renew our strength ; 
lighten our eyes that we sleep not in death ; deliver us 
from the terror by night, and from the pestilence that 
walketh in darkness; supply us with healthy sleep, and 
grant us to pass through the night without fear ; awaken 
us at the fitting time, and grant us to seek Thee early for 
Thy Glory and for Thy service, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Friday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OLORD Jesu Christ ! Son of the living God ! Who 
for the redemption of mankind didst vouchsafe 
to ascend the wood of the Cross, that the whole world 
which lay in darkness might be enlightened ; we beseech 
Thee, pour such light into our souls and bodies, that we 
may be enabled to attain to that light which is eternal, 
and through the merits of Thy Passion may after death 
joyfully enter within the gates of Paradise, Who with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus, we sinners do beseech Thee to hear 
us, that as Thou hast promised to avenge Thine 
Own Elect, Thou wilt mercifully hear us when we call 
upon Thee. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

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THAT Thou wouldest quicken the whole Body of Thy 
Church by the power of Thy Holy Ghost, leading 
all unto fuller knowledge of the truth and more perfect 
holiness of life. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

THAT Thou wouldest especially endue the clergy 
with the spirit of power and love and of a sound 
mind, and wouldest give them more abundantly the graces 
of courage and faithfulness and of fervent zeal. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

THAT Thou wouldest take away all hatred and pre- 
judice and whatsoever doth hinder from godly 
union and concord ; and wouldest teach us all to love the 
truth and peace. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

THAT Thou wouldest give unto all Christians, espe- 
cially in this land, a right understanding and a 
reverent estimation of the grace of the Apostolic Ministry, 
and of the blessed efficacy of Thy Sacraments. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

THAT Thou wouldest bring back all separatists to the 
One Communion of Thy Holy Church, that we may 
glorify Thee with one mind and one mouth, and Thy 
united Church may be the more strengthened for her 
work of converting the world. 

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THAT Thou wouldest especially bless her endeavours 
for the propagation of the Gospel among the heathen 
and the unconverted. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

THAT Thou wouldest so guide and prepare her by the 
gifts of Thy grace, that she may do whatever in her 
lies towards her reunion with the rest of Thy Holy Church 
throughout the world. 

We beseech Thee, good Lord. 

OLORD Jesu Christ, Who saidst unto Thine Apostles, 
Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you; 
regard not our sins, but the faith of Thy Church, and 
grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy 
will, Who livest and reignest, God, forever and ever. 
Amen. 

The Grace, etc. 



Friday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

VISIT, we beseech Thee, Lord, this habitation, and 
drive far from it all snares of the enemy. Let Thy 
holy Angels dwell herein, to preserve us in peace, and let 
Thy blessing be upon us evermore, through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



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GRANT, Lord, that Thy family, devoted to Thy 
service, and confiding in Thy protection, may ob- 
tain the blessing which they humbly implore ; that being 
at rest under Thy defence, they may not be left destitute 
of assistance for this life, and may be prepared for the 
good things which are eternal; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

LET Thy perpetual mercy, Lord, accompany Thy 
Church, that while it is placed among the storms of 
the world, it may both be refreshed with present gladness, 
and behold the brightness of eternal bliss ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE peace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the virtue of His 
sacred Passion, the sign of the Holy Cross, and the 
prayers of all the Holy Saints, be with us and between us 
and all our enemies, now, and in the hour of death. Amen. 



Saturday Morning. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

OGOD of hope, the true Light of faithful souls, and 
perfect Brightness of the blessed, Who art verily 
the Light of Thy Church, grant that our hearts may both 
render Thee a worthy prayer, and aiway glorify Thee with 
the offering of praises ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

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ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God, Who, by the co- 
operation of Thy Holy Spirit, didst wonderfully pre- 
pare the body and soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be- 
come a fit habitation for Thy Son, grant that we, who have 
been gladdened by His Incarnation, by His merits and 
intercession, may be delivered from all the evils which 
threaten us, and from everlasting death, Who livest and 
reignest, God, world without end. Amen. 

O BLESSED Lord, we commend to Thy fatherly good- 
ness, all those who are any ways afflicted in mind, 
body, or estate. Relieve the distressed, comfort the sor- 
rowful, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty. Assist 
those who draw near the time of their dissolution, and so 
fit and prepare them, we beseech Thee, against the hour of 
death, that after their departure hence, in peace and Thy 
favour, their souls may be received into Thine everlasting 
kingdom. And we bless Thy Holy Name, for all Thy ser- 
vants departed this life in Thy faith and fear, and more 
especially for those who were near and dear to us. We 
laud and magnify Thee for Thy great goodness, in having 
given them a happy deliverance from the sins and sorrows 
of this miserable world ; and we most humbly beseech 
Thee, that we may have grace to follow their good exam- 
ples in steadfastness of faith and godliness of life ; that at 
the last day, we with them, and they with us, may attain 
to the resurrection of the just, and hear the joyful voice of 
our Lord, saying unto us, Come ye blessed children of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world ; grant this, Father, for Jesus 
Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

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Saturday Evening. 

Our Father, etc. 

COLLECT. 

BE present, Lord, to our prayers, and protect us by 
day and night ; that in all successive changes of 
times we may ever be strengthened by Thine unchange- 
ableness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, we Thine 
unworthy servants come before Thee, beseeching 
Thee to shed Thy choicest blessings on all those whom 
Thou hast called to minister at Thine Altar, all Bishops, 
Priests, and Deacons throughout Thy whole Church. Give 
them, we pray Thee, Thine own Mind, Thine own Spirit, 
Thine own Love, Patience, Humility, Wisdom, Holiness 
and Self-sacrificing Devotion. Make them all Thou 
wouldest have them to be ; prosper Thy Word, through 
their Ministry ; so that when Thou callest them to Thy- 
self, they may have turned many souls to Thee and may 
shine as the stars forever. Amen. 

OGOD, Whose days are without end, and Whose 
mercies cannot be numbered ; make us, we beseech 
Thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of 
human life; and let Thy Holy Spirit lead us through this 
vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness, all the days 
of our lives ; that when we shall have served Thee in our 
generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having 
the testimony of a good conscience; in the communion of 
the Catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith, 
in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; 

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in favour with Thee our God, and in perfect charity with 
the world. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

THE God of peace, Who brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make 
us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in us 
that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus 
Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 

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Before the Holy Eucharist 

GRANT, Lord, that we may be truly prepared for 
the offering of this great Sacrifice to Thee this day ; 
do Thou, Lord, we pray Thee, possess and govern our 
hearts by Thy grace, that we may perform this act piously, 
religiously, and becomingly, so that this our service may 
be well pleasing to Thee, and profitable to our soul. Amen. 



Anima Christi. 

Soul of Christ, sanctify us ! 

Body of Christ, save us ! 

Blood of Christ, inebriate us ! 

Water from the side of Christ, wash us ! 

Passion of Christ, strengthen us ! 

O Good Jesu ! hear us ! 

Within Thy wounds hide us ! 

Suffer us not to be separated from Thee ! 

From the malicious enemy defend us ! 

In the hour of our death, call us ! 

And bid us come to Thee, 

That with Thy Saints we may praise Thee, 

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Holy Baptism. 

OGOD, Who restorest human nature to a higher than 
its original dignity, look on the ineffable mystery of 
Thy loving kindness ; and in those whom Thou hast been 
pleased to renew by the mysteries of regeneration, pre- 
serve the gifts of Thy perpetual grace and blessing; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who openest the entrance of the kingdom of 
heaven to those only who are born again of Water 
and the Holy Spirit, increase evermore on Thy servants 
the gifts of Thy grace ; that they who have been cleansed 
from all sins, may not be defrauded of any promises ; 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen* 



Confirmation. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd of the 
sheep, look mercifully upon these Thy children, and 
fit them for Confirmation and the Holy Communion. 
Cleanse their souls that Thy Holy Spirit may dwell in 
them ; and receive them, we beseech Thee, to Thy Blessed 
Presence in the Holy Communion, that knowing Thee by 
faith they may after this life have the fruition of Thjr 
glorious Godhead, Who livest and reignest with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 



Holy Matrimony. 

C^ RANT, merciful Lord, that the persons this day (to be)> 
J joined together in holy matrimony may recognize 
the ineffable mysteries of this sacramental institution ;: 

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and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For the Sick. 



OGOD, Who ever governest Thy creatures with ten- 
der affection; incline Thine ear to our supplications, 
and graciously regard Thy servant, who is suffering irom 
bodily sickness ; and visit him with Thy salvation, and 
bestow the medicine of heavenly grace ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who hast vouchsafed to mankind the rem- 
edies that bring salvation, and the gifts of eternal 
life ; preserve to Thy servant the gifts of Thy power, and 
grant that not only in his body, but also in his soul, he may 
experience Thy healing ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

OGOD of heavenly powers, Who by the might of 
Thy command drivest away from men's bodies all 
sickness and all infirmity ; be present in Thy goodness to 
this Thy servant, that his weakness may be banished and 
his strength recalled, and his health being thereupon re- 
stored, he may bless Thy Holy Name, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who succourest 
those that labour under perils and afflictions, we 
humbly beseech Thy Majesty, that it may please Thee to 
send Thy holy Angel to uphold with Thy comfort Thy 
servant N., who in this house is suffering distress and afflic- 
tion; that he may both receive Thy present aid, and attain 
eternal healing ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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Commendatory Prayers for the Dying. 

UNTO Thee, Lord, we commend the soul of Thy 
servant N., that dying to the world, he may live to 
Thee ; and whatever sins he has committed through the 
frailty of earthly life, do Thou clear away by Thy most 
loving and merciful forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who hast been 
pleased to breathe into man a soul according to 
Thy likeness, do Thou, while at Thy bidding dust returns 
to dust, command Thine image to be associated with Thy 
Saints and elect in an everlasting home ; and gently and 
tenderly receive it as it returns from the land of Egypt 
unto Thee, and send Thy holy Angels to meet it, and show 
it the way of righteousness, and open the gates of Thy 
glory . Amen. 

DEPART, Christian soul, out of this world, in the 
Name of God the Father Almighty, Who created 
thee ; in the Name of Jesus Christ His Son, Who suffered 
for Thee ; in the Name of the Holy Ghost, Who has been 
poured into thee ; may thy place be this day in peace, and 
thy habitation in the Heavenly Jerusalem. Amen. 



For the Departed. 

OLORD, Holy Father, Almighty everlasting God, we 
pray Thee in Thy pity, in Thy love, wash in the 
Sacred Fountain of eternal Life, and clothe with the white 
robe of everlasting Beatitude, the soul of our dear Brother. 
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into the unfathomable mysteries of Thy wondrous love, in 
sweet and silent adoration: absorbed in the soft light of the 
ever-abiding Presence of Jesus, his Lord and his Redeemer, 
till the Day of the Resurrection, when Thou wilt bring 
him through the golden gates in the Heavenly City, to Thy 
dear Feet, there to see Thee face to face in Thy unveiled 
splendour, there to join the Choir of Thy redeemed ones 
in the new song, the Song of Songs, there to unite with 
Seraphim and Cherubim, with Angels and Archangels, in 
one unending chant of praise through all the ages of 
Eternity. Amen. 

MAY the Judge before Whom thou must appear,, 
accept thee, purge thee from all earthly stain, purify 
thee with the purification of the Sanctuary, and draw thee 
into His bosom of endless rest, forgiven, blessed for ever- 
more. Amen. 

MAY the place of waiting be to thee refreshment,, 
light, perfect cleansing, endless growth of divine 
beauty; the Face of God transforming thee more and more 
into Himself. Amen. 



For One Hardened and Impenitent. 

O BLESSED Jesu, at Whose Name every knee shall 
bow, of things in Heaven, and things in earth, and 
things under the earth; reveal Thyself in Thy Power and 

Love to Thy servant . Thy cross is marked upon 

his brow, Thy Name, blessed Jesu, is named upon 
him. Oh ! By Thy Cross, Thy wounds, Thy precious 
Blood, Thy Name of Jesus, by all Thou hast done and 
suffered for him, Jesu have mercy upon him. Subdue 
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pray. Pierce, wound and grieve his heart. Deliver 
him, merciful Jesu, all-powerful Advocate, from this 
death. Lord save him for Thine own mercy's sake. Suf- 
fer not Thine own to perish ; for Thou didst die for him 
and still Thou dost plead for him in Heaven, Thou 
Blessed Son of God, Jesu our Lord and only Saviour. 
Amen. 



A Birthday. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the Maker of all 
creation, mercifully hear our prayers, and grant 
many and happy years to Thy servant N., whom Thou 
didst cause to come forth from his mother's womb into 
this life, that he may spend all his life so as to please Thee; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Before a Journey. 

HEAR, Lord, our prayers, and graciously accom- 
pany Thy servant N., on his journey ; and as Thou 
art everywhere, do Thou everywhere bestow on him Thy 
mercy, that being by Thine assistance defended against all 
adversities, he may enjoy the fulfilment of his just desires; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Grace before Meals. 

BLESS, Lord, Thy gifts, which we are about to re- 
ceive from Thy bounty. May Thy gifts, Lord, be 
our refreshment, and Thy grace our consolation ; for 
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Grace after Meals. 

WE have been satisfied, Lord, with Thy gifts and 
bounties. Fill us with Thy mercy, Who art 
blessed, Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, art 
one God, world without end. Amen. 



For a Blessing on Social Intercourse. 

OGOD, Who makest manifest to us in Thy servants 
the signs of Thine own Presence, send forth upon 
us the Spirit of love ; that by the coming of our brethren 
and fellow-servants, Thy bountiful grace may be increased 
in ourselves ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who visitest the humble, and consolest us by 
the affection of our brethren ; extend Thy grace to 
our fellowship, that by means of those in whom Thou 
dwellest, we may feel that Thou art come to visit us ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For the Bishop of the Diocese. 

OGOD, the Pastor and Ruler of Thy faithful servants, 
look down in mercy on Thy servant N., our Bishop, 
to whom Thou hast given charge over this Diocese, and 
evermore guide, defend, comfort, sanctify, and save him ; 
and grant him by Thy grace so to advance in word and 
good example, that he may with the flock committed to 
him, attain to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

For the Parish Priest. 

OLORD our God, we beseech Thee earnestly for Thy 
Priest our dear Pastor, that Thou wouldst pour 
upon him the fulness of Thy blessing. Be Thou to him 

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light, health, protection, all in all. Guard him from all 
enemies, fleshly and spiritual, from all peril of soul or 
body, and shield him in the hour of temptation. In trial 
be Thou his Stay, in trouble his Comfort, in weariness his 
Rest. 

OHOLY Ghost, Most Blessed Comforter, we beseech 
Thee, ever dwell within him ; fill him with Thy 
Seven-fold gifts, and let the sweetness of Thy Consolation 
flood his soul with heavenly joy. 

SHED Thy special Blessing, Almighty Father, on 
his work and labor of love in the guidance of souls. 
Mercifully look on all whom Thou hast given to his care, 
and grant that in the last day he may be able to give 
account of us with joy, in the eternal possession of the 
Beatific Vision. Amen. 



For the Parish. 



ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God, Who dost govern all 
things in Heaven and earth, mercifully hear the 
supplications of us, Thy servants, and grant to our parish 
all things that are needful for its spiritual welfare (espe- 
cially ). Strengthen and confirm the faithful, visit 

and relieve the sick, turn and soften the wicked, rouse the 
careless, recover the fallen, restore the penitent, remove all 
hindrances to the advancement of Thy truth, and bring 
all to be of one heart and mind within the fold of Thy 
Holy Church; to the honour and glory ot Thy Blessed Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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Thanksgiving for Recovery from Sickness, or 
Escape from Danger, 

ALMIGHTY God, the giver of life, we bless Thee for 
Thy late mercy vouchsafed unto us (in restoring 
Thy servant to health again). Let the remembrance of 
this and all Thy other deliverances work in us a thankful 
sense of Thy goodness towards us, a constant trust in Thy 
providence, and a sincere and steadfast resolution to pass 
the remainder of our days, by the assistance of Thy 
grace, in a sober, righteous, and godly manner: that when 
Thou shalt be pleased to take us out of this world either 
by sickness or bodily decay, or by a more sudden stroke 
of Thy hand, we may be prepared for Thy summons, and 
be received into Thine everlasting kingdom, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



The Birth of a Child. 

OLORD God, Who hast taught us that children are 
an heritage and gift that cometh of Thee ; We 
yield Thee hearty thanks for that Thou hast graciously 
permitted this child to be born into the world ; and we 
beseech Thee, Lord, to suffer him to be brought up to Thee, 
that he may receive remission of his sins by spiritual 
regeneration ; that so being baptized with water and the 
Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's Holy Church, he 



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may be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the 
Lord, to the praise of Thy most holy Name ; through the 
merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 



Thanksgiving aft l er a Journey, 

BLESSED be Thy name, God, Who hast protected 
and preserved us, (or Thy servant) from many perils* 
and dangers in the journey we have lately taken. Thou 
hast been a covering to us night and day in every place 
where we have been, and hast at last brought us home in 
peace and safety. Give us, we beseech Thee, thankful 
hearts for these and all Thy mercies, that we may not be 
taught the value and number of Thy blessings by being 
deprived of them ; but in their constant use and enjoy- 
ment may praise Thy mercy and goodness, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord, to Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost,, 
be ascribed all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. 



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